routine, n.All

Routine is a veil through which you sometimes glimpse what you are really doing.

Routine breeds sameness, shields mediocrity, and creates happiness.

Routine is the God of every social system, the seventh heaven of business, the essential component in the success of every factory, the ideal of every statesman.

Routine is, in an intelligent man, a sign of ambition.

Routine is a ground to stand on, a wall to retreat to... we cannot draw on our boots without bracing ourselves against it.

Routine is a sign of ambition in an intelligent man.

Routine is that out of which comes inspiration.

Routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightning bolt of inspiration (perhaps more), and it is available to everyone.