Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.

Every single important thing we do is something we didn't use to be good at, and in fact, might be something we used to fear.

Practice works because practice gives us a chance to relax enough to make smart choices.

Art is what we call...the thing an artist does. It's not the medium or the oil or the price or whether it hangs on a wall or you eat it. What matters, what makes it art, is that the person who made it overcame the resistance, ignored the voice of doubt and made something worth making. Something risky. Something human. Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist.

The universal truth is beyond question-the only people who excel are those who have decided to do so.

Desire can't be sated, because if it is, the longing disappears and then we've failed, because desire is the state we seek.

The opportunity of a lifetime is to pick yourself. Quit waiting to get picked; quit waiting for someone to give you permission; quit waiting for someone to say you are officially qualified... and pick yourself.