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Art Quotes by Seth Godin

96 Art quotes by Seth Godin

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Artists are portrayed as creators who find new answers and connections, not limited by medium or price. Godin argues that true art resists mechanical rules like maps or paint‑by‑numbers, and that leadership and marketing can be seen as artistic acts.

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When your art fails, make better art.

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Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.

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Art is what we do when we're truly alive.

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Art changes posture and posture changes innocent bystanders.

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All artists are entrepreneurs. All entrepreneurs are artists.

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There's no map for being an artist.

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Art is the act of navigating without a map.

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Art is a personal act of courage.

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We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated.

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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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Art is the act of doing work that matters while dancing with the voice in your head that screams for you to…

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Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.

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“Stop settling for what's good enough and start creating art that matters”

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The art of good decision making is looking forward to and celebrating the tradeoffs, not pretending they don't exist.

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The combination of passion and art is what makes someone a linchpin.

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You have brilliance in you, your contribution is valuable, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do, and you…

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The art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact - sooner or later, that can only…

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Art is the work of a human, an individual seeking to make a statement, to cause a reaction, to connect. Art is…

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I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories,…

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Marketing is the act of inventing the product. The effort of designing it. The craft of producing it. The art of pricing…

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The joy of art is particularly sweet, though, because it carries with it the threat of rejection, of failure, and of missed…

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Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that is creative, passionate and personal. Art is the unique work of a human…

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The only people who get paid what they're worth are people who don't follow the instruction book, who create art, who are…

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An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.

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Stop trying to find the formula that will instantly make your idea into a winner. Instead of being scientists, the best marketers…

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Here's the truth you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely…

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The first thing you do when you sit down at the computer: If you're an artist, a leader or someone seeking to…

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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…

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“out that expending emotional labor, working without a map, and driving in the dark involve confronting fear and living with the pain…

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“We need original thinkers, provocateurs, and people who care. We need marketers who can lead, salespeople able to risk making a human…

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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…

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Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been...frighten ed enough to hold it back. It's time…

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What makes someone an artist? I don't think is has anything to do with a paintbrush. There are painters who follow the…

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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…

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“The job is what you do when you are told what to do. The job is showing up at the factory, following…

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At the heart of art is learning to see

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Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist.

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“The challenge is this: training creative, independent, and innovative artists is new to us.”

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The reason you might choose to embrace the artist within you now is that this is the path to (cue the ironic…

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“An individual artist needs only a thousand true fans in her tribe. It's enough.”

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The easier it is to quantify, the less it's worth.

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Leadership is a choice. It's the choice not to do nothing.

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Be relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you.

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The mirror we hold up to the person next to us is one of the most important pictures she will ever see.

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