Fear is the dream killer, the silent voice that pushes us to lose our passion in a vain attempt to seek safety.

Great work is always shunned at first.

If you believe that a given situation should make you unhappy, then it will, and the unhappiness will then reinforce the condition.

There's no correlation between how good your idea is and how likely your organization will be to embrace it.

Successful people are the ones who are breaking the rules.

Our best work can't possibly appeal to the average masses, only our average work can. Finding the humility to happily walk away from those that don't get it unlocks our ability to do great work.

The combination of passion and art is what makes someone a linchpin.