Picasso was a terrible colorist. Turner couldn't paint human beings. Saul Steinberg's formal drafting skills were mediocre. Bob Dylan can't sing or play the guitar.
BUT THAT DID NOT STOP THEM, RIGHT?
So, the next question is "Why Not?"
I really have no idea. Why should it stop them? No one person can be good at everything. The really good artists, the really successful entrepreneurs, figure out how to circumvent their limitations, figure our how to turn their strengths into weaknesses.
The fact that Turner couldn't draw human beings very well left him no choice but to improve his landscape paintings, which have no equal.
Had Bob Dylan been more of a technical virtuoso, he might not have felt the need to give his song lyrics such power and resonance.
DONT MAKE EXCUSES. Shut-up and get on with it. Time waits for no one. Develop and harness what you're good at. Focus on your strength.
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