People Talking About You Is Far More

Marketers Have To Move Upstream Now. We Have To Stop Being The Last Step In The Process And Start Being The First Step.

Great Work Is The Result Of Seeking Out Tension, Not Avoiding It.

What Makes Someone An Artist? I Don't Think Is Has Anything To Do With A Paintbrush. There Are Painters Who Follow The Numbers, Or Paint Billboards, Or Work In A Small Village In China, Painting Reproductions. These Folks, While Swell People, Aren't Artists. On The Other Hand, Charlie Chaplin Was An Artist, Beyond A Doubt. So Is Jonathan Ive, Who Designed The Ipod. You Can Be An Artist Who Works With Oil Paints Or Marble, Sure. But There Are Artists Who Work With Numbers, Business Models, And Customer Conversations. Art Is About Intent And Communication, Not Substances.

If You Demand That Everything That Happens Be Something You Are Adequately Prepared For, I Wonder If You’ve Chosen Never To Leap In Ways That We Need You To Leap. Once We Embrace This Chasm, Then For The Things For Which We Can Never Be Prepared, We Are Of Course, Always Prepared.

The Art, The New, The Ability To Connect The Dots And To Make An Impact - Sooner Or Later, That Can Only Come From One Who Creates, Not From A Teacher And Not From A Book.