A Thing Worth Doing—What Does That Even Mean?
The name of my blog, A Thing Worth Doing, is borrowed from the quote, “If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.” While you chew on that, I’ll give you some background. The first time I ever heard this statement was from Robert Picirilli. He mentioned it to me after I presented […]
Seek Truth, Beauty, and Goodness . . . but Avoid “Cultural Snobbery”
The first time I heard the quote, “A thing worth doing is worth doing badly,” was from Robert Picirilli after I presented a paper on Leroy Forlines’s view of the arts. Much of what follows below on the topic of cultural snobbery is from that paper. The chief duty of man is, as the Westminster […]