Ethan Wang

my resume

what if instead of making art without thinking, I can't paint anything without knowing why I'm doing it what would've happened? "He never would've made a single mark"

what is your home town if not made up by the people you go to school with what is company if not the people you clock in with every day

The final form of being coachable is turning every negative into a positive

Flow is when you start playing the computer keyboard like a piano

Forget about ai bubble or dot com bubble there's a founder bubble a bunch of people who are in it for the money, the finesse, the larp, and not for the mission Don't become a part of the founder bubble, read books, listen to podcasts, study the greats See what really matters

Once you've consumed everything You get bored So you must create

One thing I realized that I do differently on twitter/X than from Instagram is I don't post to gain followers here (I've already given up on trying to grow here) I post because I know one day when people study me, these will be the posts will describe my mental fortitude before I made it And in this case, this egotistical comment right here is just but one example of the importance of self belief

Winners lose more than losers ever will

Maybe my first role models were song artists Everything to give, Everything to lose, Art from the heart and soul

When you're starving to death in a prison Somebody asks you, "Food or Freedom?" Do you really have a choice?

One day I'm going to have to give it all up Today is not that day, but one day I will I wonder how I'll eventually face that reality

Exercise is a sign of good mental health

As children, we were all entrepreneurs

The most difficult thing in life isn't success it's staying sane

“The issue is not how do you find your voice, but … getting rid of the damn thing.” ~ Composer Philip Glass

Better to have train wrecks with miniature trains than with real ones ~ Joe Ranft Creativity Inc.

To all the founders working on tarpit ideas

Oml this sounds like so much fun

Time slows down when you read And it’s more magical than I originally assumed You think better thoughts and leverage the power of time itself

Read what they don’t want you to read ~Naval