You know, if I look at an auditorium full of high school students and the big man on campus and his girlfriend are busy talking while the lecture's going on, the rest of the room is going to do it because they're powerful sneezers. They have influence. They reach out to a whole bunch of people in a way that makes the idea of being disrespectful spread.

Seizing new ground, making connections between people or ideas, working without a map-these are works of art, and if you do them, you are an artist, regardless of whether you wear a smock, use a computer, or work with others all day long.

Play a new game, not the older game but faster.

There are always limits, and opportunities. The ones we rehearse and focus on are the ones that shape our future.

Transferring your passion to your job is far easier than finding a job that happens to match your passion.

Denigrating art you don't understand doesn't hurt the art - it reveals something about your willingness to learn.

You can't shrink your way to greatness!