The resistance is not something to be avoided, it's something to seek out.

Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist.

The enemy of creativity... is fear. We're all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid. A surprising insight: an enemy of fear is creativity. Acting in a creative way generates action, and action persuades the fear to lighten up.

Measurement is fabulous. Unless you're busy measuring what's easy to measure as opposed to what's important

As long as you want to please everyone, you won't please anyone.

A bully is playing a game, one that he or she enjoys and needs. You're welcome to play this game if it makes you happy, but for most people, it will make you miserable.

A brilliant author or businesswoman or senator or software engineer is brilliant only in tiny bursts. The rest of the time, they’re doing work that most any trained person could do.