The thing is: It takes a lot of energy to be creative. You don't have that energy if you waste it on other stuff.

The only way to find your voice is to use it. It’s hardwired, built into you. Talk about the things you love. Your voice will follow.

It’s one of my theories that when people give you advice, they’re really just talking to themselves in the past.

Usually, when we talk about creativity, it's about self-expression, which is great, but for work to be art or design, there has to be someone on the other end. The audience makes the work come alive.

Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.

Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead.

You can’t be content with mastery; you have to push yourself to become a student again.

You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.

Don't worry about doing research. Just search.

You can't find your voice if you don't use it.

Today isn't just another day. Today I'll create something beautiful.

Belief is blind but with patience it too shall become apparent in due time.

Mom, Dad, I’m fourteen, I see what the world is like. And, no, I did not get this from the psychologist...I came to this understanding on my own, from what I really see in myself and about life.

Everyone lives by different life code... my life code was the odd one.

Dark windows are often a very clear proof.

I really don't want to sound like overly negative or critical of the Internet in general because I'm actually really quite pro-technology.

Death is very, very terminal.

I feel like the smartest people in my field are busy reinforcing the old models with new technology.

Oh, this is going to be fun; he actually thinks he's teaching me something.

Destiny is not something that happens all at once-it's something that happens only in retrospect.

I'm an old bag - I like old things.