"Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them."
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"Busy does not equal important. Measured doesn't mean mattered."
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"Good marketers measure."
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"If you want to be a leader, go lead"
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"The weird set an example for the rest of us. They raise the bar. They show us through their actions that in fact we're wired to do the new, not to comply with someone a thousand miles away."
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"The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies."
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"If you are wiling to do something that might not work, you are closer to being an artist."
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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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"You can't win by being more average than average."
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"Anxiety is practising failure in advance. Anxiety is needless and imaginary. It's fear about fear, fear that means nothing."
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"Just because something is easy to measure doesn't mean it's important."
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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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"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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"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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"As soon as we associate reading with a test, we've missed the point."
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"Do your art. But don't wreck your art if it doesn't lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy."
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"The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding."
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"In a battle between two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it."
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"The problem with putting it all on the line is that it might not work out. The problem with not putting it all on the line is that it will never (ever) change things for the better. Not much of a choice, I think."
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"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."
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