Quotes about Inspiration

You get to keep making art as long as you are willing to make the choices that let you make your art.

The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there.

The reason you might choose to embrace the artist within you now is that this is the path to (cue the ironic music) security.

Passion is caring enough about your art that you will do almost anything to give it away, to make it a gift, to change people.

Seizing new ground, making connections between people or ideas, working without a map—these are works of art, and if you do them, you are an artist, regardless of whether you wear a smock, use a computer, or work with others all day long.

Great teachers are wonderful. They change lives. We need them. The problem is that most schools don't like great teachers. They're organized to stamp them out, bore them, bureaucratize them, and make them average. Why

A movement is thrilling. It's the work of many people, all connected, all seeking something better.

We seek out experiences and products that deliver more value, more connection, and more experience, and change us for the better.

The lesson is that one person with a persistent vision can make change happen, whether climbing rocks or delivering services.

Are you one of those people? One of the people with too many good ideas? The folks who have notebooks filled with notions, or daydreams filled with the future? You've certainly met these people. They're too busy taking notes to get anything done, too busy inventing to actually instigate. To stop this process, one needs to do only two things: Start. And then . . . Ship. Can't

We're all obsessed with ideas because ideas, not products, are the engine of our new economy.

You can't really decide to paint a masterpiece. You just have to think hard, work hard, and try to make a painting that you care about. Then, if you're lucky, your work will find an audience for whom it's meaningful.