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• Archive: Vincent Van Gogh failed as an art dealer, flunked his entrance exam to theology school, and was fired by the church after an ill-fated attempt at missionary work.
• In fact, during his life, he seldom experienced anything other than failure as an artist.
• Although a single painting by Van Gogh would fetch in excess of $100 million today, in his lifetime Van Gogh sold only one painting, four months prior to his death.Before developing his theory of relativity, Albert Einstein encountered academic failure.
• One headmaster expelled Einstein from school and another teacher predicted that he would never amount to anything.
• Einstein even failed his entrance exam into college.Prior to dazzling the world with his athletic skill, Michael Jordan was cut from his sophomore basketball team.