Grit Is The Stubborn Refusal To Quit.

By The Age Of 3, Children From Wealthier Households Hear, On Average, About 500,000 Encouragements And 80,000 Discouragements. The Ratio Is Reversed In Households On Welfare.

Every Creative Story Is Different. And Every Creative Story Is The Same. There Was Nothing. Now There Is Something. It's Almost Like Magic.

So Let's Not Pretend That Travel Is Always Fun. We Don't Spend 10 Hours Lost In The Louvre Because We Like It, And The View From The Top Of Machu Picchu Probably Doesn't Make Up For The Hassle Of Lost Luggage. (more Often Than Not, I Need A Holiday After My Holiday.) We Travel Because We Need To, Because Distance And Difference Are The Secret Tonic Of Creativity. When We Get Home, Home Is Still The Same. But Something In Our Mind Has Been Changed, And That Changes Everything.

When We Venture Beyond The Edge Of Our Knowledge, All We Have Is Art.

The Best Way To Solve A Problem? Try Explaining It To Somebody Outside Your Field.