If you set your bar at 'amazing' it's awfully difficult to start. Your first paragraph, sketch, formula, sample or concept isn't going to be amazing. Your tenth one might not be either. Confronted with the gap between your vision of perfect and the reality of what you've created, the easiest path is no path. Shrug. Admit defeat. Hit delete. One more reason to follow someone else and wait for instructions. Of course, the only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing. But not-yet-amazing is a great place to start, because that's where you are.

Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.

Low price is a great way to sell a commodity. That's not marketing though, that's efficiency.

Real change comes from finding and embracing and connecting and amplifying those that are inclined to like you and believe in you. Ideas spread from person to person, not so much from you to them. So find your biggest fans and give them a story to tell.

If you can't be remarkable, perhaps you should consider doing nothing until you can.

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

The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding.