Mediocrity – Quotes

The history of an

The history of an art is the history of masterwork, not of failures, or mediocrity. Ezra Pound

I just wanted friends.

I just wanted friends. I just wanted people to like me. I just wanted for things to be simple and good. So, for five years I actively sought out mediocrity. Evangeline Lilly

I made a conscious

I made a conscious decision when I was about 17 years old to strive towards mediocrity. I completely abandoned the idea of grandeur and importance, and I wanted to be mediocre. Evangeline Lilly

Mediocrity is more dangerous

Mediocrity is more dangerous in a critic than in a writer. Eugene Ionesco

There are no such men today. We have created a mechanism that makes it practically impossible for a real genius to appear. In my own field the biochemist Fritz Lipmann or the much maligned Linus Pauling were very talented people. But generally, geniuses everywhere seem to have died out by 1914. Today, most are mediocrities … Read more

I sometimes make pictures

I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that all his work is up to his standard. Ernst Lubitsch

Fear of failure is

Fear of failure is a ticket to mediocrity. If you’re not failing from time to time, you’re not pushing yourself. And if you’re not pushing yourself, you’re coasting. Eric Zorn

The only way to

The only way to get out of mediocrity is to keep shooting for excellence. Eric Thomas

You will not experience

You will not experience all life has to offer you or begin to experience life at its fullest as long as you are satisfied with mediocrity. You have to be disgusted with your current circumstances before your circumstances can change. Eric Thomas

The real Antichrist is

The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity. Eric Hoffer