You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life.

Usually, when we talk about creativity, it's about self-expression, which is great, but for work to be art or design, there has to be someone on the other end. The audience makes the work come alive.

Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.

So go on, get angry. But keep your mouth shut and go do your work.

In the end, creativity isn’t just the things we choose to put in, it’s the things we choose to leave out.

If you’re worried about giving your secrets away, you can share your dots without connecting them.

The artist is a collector. Not a hoarder, mind you, there's a difference: Hoarders collect indiscriminately, artists collect selectively. They only collect things that they really love.