You don't make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Art is the act of doing work that matters while dancing with the voice in your head that screams for you to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Stop settling for what's good enough and start creating art that matters” — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The art of good decision making is looking forward to and celebrating the tradeoffs, not pretending they don't exist. — 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
The only people who get paid what they're worth are people who don't follow the instruction book, who create art, who are… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally. — 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
The art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact - sooner or later, that can only… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Art is the work of a human, an individual seeking to make a statement, to cause a reaction, to connect. Art is… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The joy of art is particularly sweet, though, because it carries with it the threat of rejection, of failure, and of missed… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Marketing is the act of inventing the product. The effort of designing it. The craft of producing it. The art of pricing… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Here's the truth you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely… — 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
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
“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
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
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 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 a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does. — 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
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
Denigrating art you don't understand doesn't hurt the art - it reveals something about your willingness to learn. — 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
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
Marketing is the art of seeing (and then creating) what might be interesting to more than our friends — 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
“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
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
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
“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
