The innovator creates a business where they are making money, even when they sleep.

Listen to your fear but don't obey it.

What makes someone an artist? I don't think is has anything to do with a paintbrush. There are painters who follow the numbers, or paint billboards, or work in a small village in China, painting reproductions. These folks, while swell people, aren't artists. On the other hand, Charlie Chaplin was an artist, beyond a doubt. So is Jonathan Ive, who designed the iPod. You can be an artist who works with oil paints or marble, sure. But there are artists who work with numbers, business models, and customer conversations. Art is about intent and communication, not substances.

It's more important that you be passionate about what you do all day than it is to be passionate about the product that is being sold.

By being remarkable, being genuine, you can be worth connecting with. And you don't have to have it figured out perfectly the first time - you can adjust.

We're going to spend our entire future living in tomorrow-investing now, when it's difficult, is the single best moment.

I feel like I'm treating people as I'd like to be treated.