If you are wiling to do something that might not work, you are closer to being an artist.

Not changing your strategy merely because you're used to the one you have now is a lousy strategy.

Art is when we do work that matters in a creative way, in a way that touches (people) and changes them for the better.

People rarely buy what they need. They buy what they want.

I don’t think the shortage of artists has much to do with the innate ability to create or initiate. I think it has to do with believing that it’s possible and acceptable for you to do it. We’ve had these doors open wide for only a decade or so, and most people have been brainwashed into believing that their job is to copyedit the world, not to design it.

I look at Starbucks, Howard Schultz has made many brilliant decisions, and one of the things that they did was they invented the third space. It's not work, it's not home. That's one of the engines of its spread. But at the same time he was doing that, he bet the farm to open more and more stores in any given town, and making it ubiquitous made it much easier to say to your friend, I'll meet you at Starbucks.

The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.