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The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly? QUOTES

The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly? QUOTES

1 " Do What You Want; these are the 4 most frightening words brought to us by the Connection Revolution. If you want to sing, sing. If you want to lead, lead. If you want touch, connect, describe, disrupt, give, support, build, question—Do It. You will not be picked. But, if you want to pick yourself—go for it. The cost is that you own the results. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

2 " Being an artist isn’t a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It’s an attitude we can all adopt. It’s a hunger to seize new ground, make connections, and work without a map. If you do those things, you’re an artist. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

3 " You get to keep making art as long as you are willing to make the choices that let you make your art. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

4 " Write like you talk. Often. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

5 " Your job isn’t to do your job. Your job is to decide what to do next. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

6 " When your art fails, make better art. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

7 " Art has no right answer. The best we can hope for is an interesting answer. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

8 " We’ve been trained to prefer being right to learning something, to prefer passing the test to making a difference, and most of all, to prefer fitting in with the right people, the people with economic power. Now it’s your turn to stand up and stand out. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

9 " Creating ideas that spread and connecting the disconnected are the two pillars of our new society, and both of them require the posture of the artist. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

10 " Seizing new ground, making connections between people or ideas, working without a map—these are works of art, and if you do them, you are an artist, regardless of whether you wear a smock, use a computer, or work with others all day long. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

11 " strategy is empty without change, empty without passion, and empty without people willing to confront the void. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

12 " Art is the unique work of a human being, work that touches another. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

13 " Correct is fine. But it is better to be interesting. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

14 " out that expending emotional labor, working without a map, and driving in the dark involve confronting fear and living with the pain of vulnerability. The artist comes to a détente with these emotions and, instead of fighting with them, dances with them. The linchpin connects as a result of the indispensable nature of her contribution. The artist, on the other hand, connects because that’s what art is. The artist touches part of what it means to be truly human and does that work again and again. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

15 " It’s what we wrestle with every single day. The intersection of comfort, danger, and safety. The balancing act between vulnerability and shame. The opportunity (or the risk) to do art. The willingness to take responsibility for caring enough to make a difference and to have a point of view. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

16 " Commit to the frightening work of flying blind "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

17 " Don’t worry about your stuff. Worry about making meaning instead. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

18 " «Quejarse es estúpido. Actúa u olvídalo.» Stefan Sagmeister "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

19 " Start Your Journey Before You See the End "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

20 " The industrialist (your boss, perhaps) demands that everything be proven, efficient, and risk free. The artist seeks none of these. The value of art is in your willingness to stare down the risk and to embrace the void of possible failure. "

― Seth Godin , The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?