It's Unlikely That You'll Create

An Artists Is Someone Who Does Something For The First Time, Something Human, Something That Touches Another.

And Yet The Real Success Goes To Those Who Obsess. The Focus That Leads You Through The Dip To The Other Side Is Rewarded By A Marketplace In Search Of The Best In The World. A Woodpecker Can Tap Twenty Times On A Thousand Trees And Get Nowhere, But Stay Busy. Or He Can Tap Twenty-thousand Times On One Tree And Get Dinner.

The Scalable, Profitable Strategy Is To Change The Game, Not To Become The Most Average.

When You Focus On Delighting An Audience You Care About, You Strip The Masses Of Their Power.

In Basic Terms, Civilization Is Dependent Upon The Spontaneity And Fulfillment Of The Individual. Your Civilization Is In Sad Straits. Not Because You Are Allowed Spontaneity Or Fulfillment To Individuals, But Because You Are Denied It, And Because Your Institutions Are Based Upon That Premise.