It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. Stop settling for what's good enough and start creating art that matters.

The universal truth is beyond question-the only people who excel are those who have decided to do so.

I wonder if real art comes when you build the thing that they don't have a prize for yet.

The object isn't to be perfect. The goal isn't to hold back until you've created something beyond reproach. I believe the opposite is true. Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of something bigger than we can imagine. To do anything else is to waste it all.

If you have a book to write, write it. If you want to record an album, record it. No need to wait for someone in a cubicle halfway across the country to decide if you're worthy.

Listen to your fear but don't obey it.

Sooner or later, many idealists transform themselves into disheartened realists who mistakenly believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic.