A big part of doing your work is defending your time and your attention so you can do your work.

There's no map for being an artist.

The resistance is the voice in your head telling you to use bullets in your PowerPoint slides...It’s the voice that tells you to leave controversial ideas out of the paper you’re writing, because the teacher won’t like them. The resistance pushes relentlessly for you to fit in.

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

Art is what we do when we're truly alive.

Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been...frighten ed enough to hold it back. It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. You have brilliance in you, your contribution is essential, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do it, and you must.

If you don't get it built, the work doesn't matter.