Labor vs. Vision

Labor vs. Vision

“An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.” – James McNeill Whistler

The argument here is not that labor is not valuable.

It is that labor is generally a more interchangeable resource than vision.

Art history has witnessed a series of exponential leaps, not just in the production of art but, more significantly, in the reach that each new medium or technological innovation has enabled.
Leverage is as much about where you are standing as how much force you are applying.

If you are building something, it is far more useful to focus on the work you are doing to produce the result than the result itself.