Quotes from Seth Godin

Art is original. Marcel Duchamp was an artist when he pioneered Dadaism and installed a urinal in a museum. The second person to install a urinal wasn't an artist, he was a plumber.

Marketing is the name we use to describe the promise a company makes, the story it tells, the authentic way it delivers on that promise.

Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.

To be a superstar, you must do something exceptional. Not just survive the Dip, but use the Dip as an opportunity to create something so extraordinary that people can't help but talk about it, recommend it, and, yes, choose it.

Being surrounded by educated people makes democracy stronger, and it benefits our entire economy.

For many of us, the happiest future is one that's precisely like the past, except a little better

Passion is caring enough about your art that you will do almost anything to give it away, to make it a gift, to change people.

Life's too short to fight the forces of change. Life's too short to hate what you do all day. Life's way too short to make mediocre stuff.

It's uncomfortable to stand up in front of strangers. It's uncomfortable to propose an idea that might fail. It's uncomfortable to challenge the status quo. It's uncomfortable to resist the urge to settle. When you identify the discomfort, you've found the place where a leader is needed.

Mediocre is merely a failed attempt to be really good.

This is an addictive pastime. You take no real risk, touch the world, and it responds. Repeat.

The challenge is to focus on the work, not on the fear that comes from doing the work.