The goal has never been to always succeed. The goal is to be allowed to keep initiating.

Our best work can't possibly appeal to the average masses, only our average work can. Finding the humility to happily walk away from those that don't get it unlocks our ability to do great work.

Perfect can't possibly be the goal, we're left with generous, important and human instead.

As long as you want to please everyone, you won't please anyone.

Nobody says, 'Yeah, I'd like to set myself up for some serious criticism!' And yet, the only way to be remarkable is to do just that.

If you can't make money from attention, you should do something else for a living.

It's rare to find a consistently creative or insightful person who is also an angry person. They can't occupy the same space, and if your anger moves in, generosity and creativity often move out. It's difficult to use revenge or animus to fuel great work.