One key to learning and success is the willingness to try something new, and feel momentarily incompetent.

The joy of art is particularly sweet, though, because it carries with it the threat of rejection, of failure, and of missed connections. It's precisely the high-wire act of "this might not work" that makes original art worth doing.

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.

If not enough people doubt you, you're not making a difference.

Busy does not equal important. Measured doesn't mean mattered.

Before you promise to change the world, it makes sense to do the hard work of changing your neighborhood.

Ideas that spread win.