I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories, images, and interactions that change the marketplace.
You don't have to settle. It's a choice you get to make every day.
The opposite of coherent is interesting.
Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.
Copy, not from your industry, from others. You have to go where there is no competition.
Mostly, the best way to be the next Mark Zuckerberg is to make difficult choices.