The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
What’s scarce is trust, connection, and surprise. These are three elements in the work of a successful artist.
Seth Godin • The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
It was easier to talk about making art than it was to actually do it.
Seth Godin • The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
It’s easy to treat people as invisible, as long as we get what we want.
Seth Godin • The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
Attention by other people is the most irresistible of drugs. To receive it outshines receiving any other kind of income. This is why glory surpasses power and why wealth is overshadowed by prominence
Seth Godin • The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
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When the critic pushes you to make better art, art that you are capable of, then her response is worth cherishing. But the critic who pushes you to fit in or dumb down your work—take that criticism with caution.
Seth Godin • The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. —Albert Einstein
Seth Godin • The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
It was a refuge; it was a place you went to get lost in ideas, to discover and wander, and to plot a course as an academic.
Seth Godin • The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
the simple idea that captures the imagination of a few and then spreads is certain to dominate.
Seth Godin • The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
what we are drawn to is the vulnerability and transparency that bring us together,
Seth Godin • The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
Art projects are rarely met with unanimous approval. If they were obvious, everyone would do one.
Seth Godin • The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
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