Be nice. (The world is a small town.)

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.

Genealogy of ideas. You don’t get to pick your family, but you can pick your teachers and you can pick your friends and you can pick the music you listen to and you can pick the books you read and you can pick the movies you see.

Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use – do the work you want to see done.

Amateurs know that contributing something is better than contributing nothing.

Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder.

The computer brings out the uptight perfectionist in us - we start editing ideas before we have them.