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
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
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
Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does. — 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
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. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“The industrialist (your boss, perhaps) demands that everything be proven, efficient, and risk free. The artist seeks none of these. The value… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
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… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Pain s the truth of art. Art is not a hobby or a pastime. It is the result of an internal battle… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Art is a human act, a generous contribution, something that might not work, and it is intended to change the recipient for… — 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
Art is frightening. Art isn't pretty. Art isn't painting. Art isn't something you hang on the wall. Art is what we do… — 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
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
You get to keep making art as long as you are willing to make the choices that let you make your art. — 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
“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
It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. Stop settling for what's good enough and start creating… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Art is original. Marcel Duchamp was an artist when he pioneered Dadaism and installed a urinal in a museum. The second person… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Seizing new ground, making connections between people or ideas, working without a map-these are works of art, and if you do them,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
When you set down the path to create art, whatever sort of art it is, understand that the path is neither short… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Art is never defect-free. Things that are remarkable never meet spec, because that would make them standardized, not worth talking about. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
This might end up in crying. If you're not prepared to cry about it, I'm not sure you're making art. And if… — 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
