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> [“A successful creative career is always built on successful creative failures.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sravani-saha-nakhro/a-successful-creative-career-is-always-built-on-successful-creative/)

[Sravani Saha Nakhro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sravani-saha-nakhro/)

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> [I believe that a creative career is only as good as the risks that you take with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cate-blanchett/i-believe-that-a-creative-career-is-only-as-good-as-the-risks-that/)

[Cate Blanchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cate-blanchett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/cate-blanchett-864_believe_i-believe-that-a-creative-career-is-only_1492725.jpg)

> [It's really hard juggling, trying to carve out a time to have a family and be a mom and have a career,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santigold/it-s-really-hard-juggling-trying-to-carve-out-a-time-to-have-a-family/)

[Santigold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santigold/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/santigold-16572_career_it-s-really-hard-juggling-trying-to-carv_1372010.jpg)

> [When I ask my parents, it's incredibly obvious I was going to have a creative career at an early age. I've been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-kennedy-clark/when-i-ask-my-parents-it-s-incredibly-obvious-i-was-going-to-have-a/)

[Sophie Kennedy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-kennedy-clark/)

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> [If you want to be a creative person, then you’re gonna have to be creative in how you put your career together.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/if-you-want-to-be-a-creative-person-then-you-re-gonna-have-to-be/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-soth/)

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> [I've always looked at directing as the next step for me in my creative career, and after spending the better part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anthony-dale/i-ve-always-looked-at-directing-as-the-next-step-for-me-in-my/)

[Ian Anthony Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anthony-dale/)

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> [I have people who come up to me and say, 'Oh, seeing your work in my little home town in the middle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kesh/i-have-people-who-come-up-to-me-and-say-oh-seeing-your-work-in-my/)

[Kesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kesh/)

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> [I think my approach to a creative career was very entrepreneurial. Even though I'm a writer, I've always viewed my work much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-manson/i-think-my-approach-to-a-creative-career-was-very-entrepreneurial/)

[Mark Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-manson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/mark-manson-537_career_i-think-my-approach-to-a-creative-career_2056467.jpg)

> [My mom is originally from Minnesota and pursuing a creative career wasn't very normal to her, so I think while I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-povitsky/my-mom-is-originally-from-minnesota-and-pursuing-a-creative-career/)

[Esther Povitsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-povitsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/esther-povitsky-5830_career_my-mom-is-originally-from-minnesota-and_173879.jpg)

> [My whole creative career is a product of the Internet. ...I'll take that back. To some degree. My fascination with cultural esoterica…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hodgman/my-whole-creative-career-is-a-product-of-the-internet-i-ll-take-that/)

[John Hodgman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hodgman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36f/john-hodgman-1811_accounts_my-whole-creative-career-is-a-product-of_1096175.jpg)

> [If I waited until I felt creative, I would never have had a career. I long ago learned that a day that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/if-i-waited-until-i-felt-creative-i-would-never-have-had-a-career-i/)

[Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/dean-koontz-118_be-creative_if-i-waited-until-i-felt-creative-i-woul_1497569.jpg)

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