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.

Learning is not done to you, it is something you choose to do.

A brand that stands for what all brands stand for stands for nothing much.

Without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely to be worth the journey. Persist.

The universal truth is beyond question-the only people who excel are those who have decided to do so.

Do you believe in what you do? Every day? It turns out that belief happens to be a brilliant strategy.

What people are afraid of isn't failure. It's blame. Criticism.