“Be remarkable Be generous Create art Make judgment calls Connect people and ideas . . . and we have no choice but to reward you.” — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Art is when we do work that matters in a creative way, in a way that touches (people) and changes them for… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I wonder if real art comes when you build the thing that they don't have a prize for yet. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If it's work, we try to figure out how to do less, If it's art, we try to figure out how to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Books work as an art form (and an economic one) because they are primarily the work of an individual. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Creating art is a habit, one that we practice daily or hourly until we get good at it — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you are wiling to do something that might not work, you are closer to being an artist. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“What will make someone a linchpin is not a shortcut. It’s the understanding of which hard work is worth doing. The only… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
A business owner is the boss, but it's a job, a place that is stable and profitable. An entrepreneur is an artist… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Not only must you be an artist, must you be generous, and must you be able to see where you can help… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Art isn't only a painting; it's anything that changes someone for the better, any nonanonymous interaction that leads to a human (not… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“One thing that most comic artists avoid is showing decisions. They show action, sure, and they show results, but they don’t show… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Art...is the intentional act of using your humanity to create a change in another person...Passion is caring enough about your art that… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
My best advice: win little battles. Get in the habit of winning, of shipping, of having customers that can't live without you.… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“This book is about love and art and change and fear. It’s about overcoming a multigenerational conspiracy designed to sap your creativity… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
In contemporary art or movies, it makes perfect sense to be focused on the bleeding edge, on the new idea that's never… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
It's impossible to have a coin with only one side. You can't have heads without tails. Innovation is like that. Initiative is… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Emotional labor is the hard work of making art, producing generosity, and exposing creativity. Working without a map involves both vision and… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Insulate yourself... from anonymous angry people Expose yourself to art you don't yet understand Precisely measure the results that are important to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been bullied enough or frightened enough to hold it… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Art is what we call...the thing an artist does. It's not the medium or the oil or the price or whether it… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Conformity no longer leads to comfort. But the good news is that creativity is scarce, and more valuable than ever. So is… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The minute there's a map, there is no art. Paint by numbers is not art. Paint by numbers is a mechanical activity. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
What I mean by art is the human act of doing something that connects us to someone else — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Do your art. But don't wreck your art if it doesn't lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Art has no right answer. The best we can hope for is an interesting answer.” — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Marketing is the art of seeing (and then creating) what might be interesting to more than our friends — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“When we try to drill and practice someone into subservient obedience, we’re stamping out the artist that lives within.” — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Our economy now rewards artists far more than any other economy in history ever has.” — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Denigrating art you don't understand doesn't hurt the art - it reveals something about your willingness to learn. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
By my definition, most art has nothing to do with oil paint or marble. Art is what we're doing when we do… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Art is the work of a human being – something a person does with generosity to touch someone else to make a… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
As soon as you are willing to say 'it's not for you', you're freed up to make art. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“You weren't born to be a cog in the giant industrial machine. You were trained to become a cog. There's an alternative available to… — Seth Godin Copy Share
Forgive yourself for not being the richest, the thinnest, the tallest, the one with the best hair. Forgive yourself for not being the most… — Seth Godin Copy Share
Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman. — Seth Godin Copy Share
The next thing you do today will be the most important thing on your agenda, because, after all, you're doing it next. Well, perhaps… — Seth Godin Copy Share
I look at Starbucks, Howard Schultz has made many brilliant decisions, and one of the things that they did was they invented the third… — Seth Godin Copy Share
The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies. — Seth Godin Copy Share
Making an average pitch to average people, or having an average gala for average people isn't going to scale anymore. You've got to find… — Seth Godin Copy Share
Our job is to make change. Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better… — Seth Godin Copy Share
I don't think there's a shortage of remarkable ideas. I think your business has plenty of great opportunities to do great things. Nope, what's… — Seth Godin Copy Share
The mirror we hold up to the person next to us is one of the most important pictures she will ever see. — Seth Godin Copy Share
If you're a marketer who doesn't know how to invent, design, influence, adapt, and ultimately discard products, then you're no longer a marketer. You're… — Seth Godin Copy Share
