You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that it ceases to be art.
SETH GODINPeople get good gigs because they stand up….You don’t get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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We’re all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid.
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Believe in what you do, because you may have to do it for a long time before it catches on.
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Set a goal, and in small, consistent steps, work to reach it. Get support from your peers when you start flagging. Repeat. You will change.
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I don’t think we have any choice. I think we have an obligation to change the rules, to raise the bar, to play a different game, and to play it better than anyone has any right to believe is possible.
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Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.
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Learning is not watching a video, learning is taking action and seeing what happens.
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You don’t need more time in your day. You need to decide.
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Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.
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Human nature is to need a map. If you’re brave enough to draw one, people will follow.
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Being an artist isn’t a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It’s an attitude we can all adopt. It’s a hunger to seize new ground, make connections, and work without a map. If you do those things, you’re an artist.
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Debt creates stress, stress creates behaviors that don’t lead to happiness.
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Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.
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People rarely buy what they need. They buy what they want.
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You don’t make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.
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The goal of a marketing interaction isn’t to close the sale, any more than the goal of a first date is to get married. No, the opportunity is to move forward, to earn attention and trust and curiosity and conversation.
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