evidence: An Interview With Savio P. Clemente "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail" Benjamin Franklin. I think these words are more true today than when he said them. I see it happen all the time to talented artists who fail to plan their career, fail to find their niche and then end up leaving the arts. [...] I think these words are more true today than when he said them. I see it happen all the time to talented artists who fail to plan their career, fail to find their niche and then end up leaving the arts. [...] I fail all the time because I’m dealing with my ego which makes me untruthful in my approach so then I cannot succeed. I’m constantly trying things that fail but I reflect and make changes and sometimes things do succeed. I believe though he was right — when things succeed it means that they are truthful. He also said: "To say of what is that it is not, or of what is not that it is, is false, while to say of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not, is true" so if we are creating from a place of truth then things will succeed, one way or another.