A customer is never out of warranty, even if his product is.

Laptop computers dramatically increased the time people spend doing work. (The internet dramatically decreased it, so we're even).

Habits are more powerful than fears.

Art is the work of a human, an individual seeking to make a statement, to cause a reaction, to connect. Art is something new, every time, and art might not work, precisely because it's new, because it's human and because it seeks to connect.

Making an average pitch to average people, or having an average gala for average people isn't going to scale anymore. You've got to find the people who care. Those people are worth all of your time.

It's far easier to put your future into someone else's hands than it is to slog your way forward, owning the results as you go.

Most people with a big idea, great talent and/or something to say don't get lucky at first. Or second. Or even third. It's so easy to conclude that if you're not lucky, you're not good. So persistence becomes an essential element of good, because without persistence, you never get a chance to get lucky.