Mark Shatner is an artist who makes only dog/rabbit sculptures, and he makes art everyday. Mark's advice to him: you do one different creative thing a day (write song, poem, draw), but it doesn't add up to anything. He is laying down 1 brick to 3 houses, and doing so won't help him make a mansion.
Casey Neistats analogy: doing 10 things to the 1st degree will only end up at a low level. Focusing on 1 thing to the 10th degree will push your level way higher. This applies to work, dating, friendships, etc.
Mark's advice: draw the same thing everyday for a year, then reevaluate. He drew an ibis everyday and got bored. Then he added jokes to the ibis. Because drawing made him start working, it helped figure out what he was looking for.
Quantity leads to quality. The more you do, the nore you improve. The subject was already decided on, so there was no obstacle to start.
Promotes creative constraint. Blank pages are intimidating, but a blank page with a prompt is easier.
Action comes before motivation. We falsely assume that inspiration puts you to work. He had to build up the drawing habit before he felt motivated to draw what he wanted.
Removes thinking as a form of procrastination. Jumping between ideas and thinking about work makes you feel productive. Thinking is not doing.
Mark and his wife didn't purposely choose art-- it was the only thing they were good at.