The imagination is the only part of us that cannot be shackled. It is the irreducible essence of who we are, and it is that which allows us to see into our future. Einstein said, "The imagination is the preview of what is to come.

Personnel determines the potential of the team. Vision determines the direction of the team. Work ethic determines the preparation of the team. Leadership determines the success of the team.

Every single work of art is the fulfillment of a prophecy; for every work of art is the conversion of an idea into an image.

All the great organizations in the world, all have a sense of why that organization does what it does.

Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.

Your past is important, but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your future.

The only way for people to embrace a message is to hear it over a period of time, in a variety of different situations, and preferably from different people. That's why great leaders see themselves as Chief Reminding Officers as much as anything else. Their top two priorities are to set the direction of the organization and then to ensure that people are reminded of it on a regular basis.

When employees at all levels share a common understanding of where the company is headed, what success looks like, whom their competitors are, and what needs to be achieved to claim victory, there is a remarkably low level of wasted time and energy and a powerful sense of traction.

In almost any group of people you'll find hierarchy. When groups of adults form in the real world, it's generally for some common purpose, and the leaders end up being those who are best at it. The problem with most schools is, they have no purpose. But hierarchy there must be. And so the kids make one out of nothing.

No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around. No one sacrifices the most important thing she possesses: love. No one places her dreams in the hands of those who might destroy them.

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.

The arts are not a luxury. They are an integral part of our lives as individuals and as a nation.