Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman.

Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator.

It might be bold to put your work into the world unadorned, but it's probably ineffective.

When the room brightens when you walk in, you matter.

I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction.

All the creativity books in the world aren’t going to help you if you’re unwilling to have lousy, lame, and even dangerously bad ideas.

More than anything else, I think prospects, customers and citizens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say.