It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create.
~ J. M. W. Turner
Or as the poet Murat Nemet-Nejat said, If no one's buying the bread you're baking, you can make it as salty as you want.
Or the late Kris Kristoffersen: Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
It's hard to know you're playing your cards close to your chest till you trip & drop everything & it all changes.