Sharing an idea you care about is a generous way to change your world for the better.

You are far more likely to do your best work if you are willing to delight a few as opposed to soothe the masses.

It's human nature to quit when it hurts. But it's that reflex that creates scarcity.

In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible.

I don’t think the shortage of artists has much to do with the innate ability to create or initiate. I think it has to do with believing that it’s possible and acceptable for you to do it. We’ve had these doors open wide for only a decade or so, and most people have been brainwashed into believing that their job is to copyedit the world, not to design it.

I'll confess that I don't watch the Olympics, but you'd have to be living under a rock to be unaware of the corruption and the expense. An amorphous organization with no transparency, unclear lines of responsibility, huge amounts of politics and a great deal of unearned power.

Gifts are not favors. If you expect something in return, it's not a gift.