Ran across this in cyber space-

“If you follow the crowd, you will likely get no further than the crowd. If you walk alone, you’re likely to end up in places no one has ever been before. Being an achiever is not without its difficulties, for peculiarity breeds contempt. The unfortunate thing about being ahead of your time is that when people finally realize you were right, they’ll simply say it was obvious to everyone all along. You have two choices in life. You can dissolve into the mainstream, or you can choose to become an achiever and be distinct. To be distinct, you must be different. To be different, you must strive to be what no else but you can be.”
― Alan Ashley-Pitt

Yep.

Go to the library. Find a massive art history book. Flip through page by page and witness the creations of those whom
dared to be different. Those with enough gumption to break way from the norm and be themselves and paint the way they wanted.

“We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.” Chuck Palahniuk