The question is not Will you succeed? but rather, Will you matter?
I'm not a psychopath-I'm wearing a tie!
You can't have good ideas unless you're willing to generate a lot of bad ones.
If you take action, you will be judged. There's no way around it. The alternative, of course, is much safer. To be ignored. Up to you.
The key to success is to find a way to stand out--to be the purple cow in a field of monochrome Holsteins.
By my definition, most art has nothing to do with oil paint or marble. Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.