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.
SETH GODINDon’t waste time looking for a better pencil: learn to write better.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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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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As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.
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Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it’s a lot easier to launch work that matters.
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Either you defend the status quo, or you invent the future.
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Just as we don’t spend a lot of time worrying about how all those poets out there are going to monetize their poetry, the same is true for most bloggers.
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The Cul-de-Sac ( French for “dead end” ) … is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes
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If you try to delight the undelightable, you’ve made yourself miserable for no reason.
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Defending mediocrity is exhausting.
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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.
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Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it.
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You can be right or you can have empathy. You can’t do both.
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Gratitude and opportunity create more of the same.
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People get good gigs because they stand up….You don’t get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.
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Go ahead, do something impossible.
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Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers.
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