Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when read more

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.

To love what you do and feel that it matters-how could anything be more
fun.

To love what you do and feel that it matters-how could anything be more
fun.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live read more

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they
were to success when they gave up.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they
were to success when they gave up.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have read more

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have developed the opportunity that was at hand.

Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat
of habit by originality, overcomes everything.

Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat
of habit by originality, overcomes everything.

Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.

Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.

I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this read more

I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work.

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct,
or more uncertain in its success, than read more

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct,
or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the
introduction of a new order of things.