No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.
A sober looks shows that just have the world gotten to be a better place after all; it is also grown a bit worse at the exact same rate.; a one step up, a one step back sort of cosmic balance between forward progress, and cultural retreat, that puts man kind on a bell curve of existence.
晏子春秋
When it comes to creative endeavors, the concept of zero failures is worse than useless. It is counterproductive.
Every truly artistic creation has been conceived independently of time and space.