Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.

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 market ... demands a signal from you that you're serious, powerful, accepted, and safe.

As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.

Flexible in the face of change, resilient in the face of confusion. All of these attributes are choices, not talents, and all of them are available to you.

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.

Great leaders create movements by empowering the tribe to communicate. They establish the foundation for people to make connections, as opposed to commanding people to follow them.