Creative Quote by Daniel Day-Lewis

“In all fields of creativity you see the result of work that has become habit. Where the creative impulse has become flaccid or has died out altogether, and yet because it is our work and our life we continue to do it.” quote by Daniel Day-Lewis — Download Open image

“In all fields of creativity you see the result of work that has become habit. Where the creative impulse has become flaccid or has died out altogether, and yet because it is our work and our life we continue to do it.”

Daniel Day-Lewis

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