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Seth Godin is a renowned author, speaker, and marketing expert. His works cover a wide range of fields including business, marketing, and entrepreneurship, and have won the favor of readers worldwide. Godin's books such as 'Purple Cow' and 'Free' have had a profound impact globally.

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Famous Seth Godin Quotes

“Art is frightening. Art isn't pretty. Art isn't painting. Art isn't something you hang on the wall. Art is what we do when we're truly alive. An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it (all of it, the work, the process, the feedback from those we seek to connect with) personally.”

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“Art is a human act, a generous contribution, something that might not work, and it is intended to change the recipient for the better, often causing a connection to happen.”

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“What makes someone an artist? I don't think is has anything to do with a paintbrush. There are painters who follow the numbers, or paint billboards, or work in a small village in China, painting reproductions. These folks, while swell people, aren't artists. On the other hand, Charlie Chaplin was an artist, beyond a doubt. So is Jonathan Ive, who designed the iPod. You can be an artist who works with oil paints or marble, sure. But there are artists who work with numbers, business models, and customer conversations. Art is about intent and communication, not substances.”

“I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories, images, and interactions that change the marketplace.”

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“The combination of passion and art is what makes someone a linchpin.”

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“Here's the truth you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely why I can't tell you how to do it. If there were a map, there'd be no art, because art is the act of navigating without a map. Don't you hate that? I love that there's no map.”

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“Art is never defect-free. Things that are remarkable never meet spec, because that would make them standardized, not worth talking about.”

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Book:Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? How to drive your career and create a remarkable future

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“Art is what we call...the thing an artist does. It's not the medium or the oil or the price or whether it hangs on a wall or you eat it. What matters, what makes it art, is that the person who made it overcame the resistance, ignored the voice of doubt and made something worth making. Something risky. Something human. Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist.”

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“Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.”

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“Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist.”

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“Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does.”

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“Art is the act of doing work that matters while dancing with the voice in your head that screams for you to stop.”

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“Art is the work of a human being – something a person does with generosity to touch someone else to make a change for the better.”

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“Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.”

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Book:Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012

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“It's impossible to have a coin with only one side. You can't have heads without tails. Innovation is like that. Initiative is like that. Art is like that. You can't have success unless you're prepared to have failure. As soon as you say, 'failure is not an option,' you've just said, 'innovation is not an option.'”

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“Art is the act of navigating without a map.”

Art Art Is Maps

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“Art is what we do when we're truly alive.”

Art Alive Art Is

Book:The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?

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“At the heart of art is learning to see”

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“The joy of art is particularly sweet, though, because it carries with it the threat of rejection, of failure, and of missed connections. It's precisely the high-wire act of "this might not work" that makes original art worth doing.”

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“Art is the work of a human, an individual seeking to make a statement, to cause a reaction, to connect. Art is something new, every time, and art might not work, precisely because it's new, because it's human and because it seeks to connect.”

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“By my definition, most art has nothing to do with oil paint or marble. Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.”

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“Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.”

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Book:Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

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“Art...is the intentional act of using your humanity to create a change in another person...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.”

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“Art is when we do work that matters in a creative way, in a way that touches (people) and changes them for the better.”

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“Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator.”

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“Pain s the truth of art. Art is not a hobby or a pastime. It is the result of an internal battle royal, one between the quest for safety and the desire to matter.”

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“Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that is creative, passionate and personal. Art is the unique work of a human being created to touch another. Art is created to have an impact, to change someone else.”

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“Art is a personal act of courage.”

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Book:Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

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“What I mean by art is the human act of doing something that connects us to someone else”

Humans Mean Art Art Is

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“Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator... Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does. Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.”

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“Creating art is a habit, one that we practice daily or hourly until we get good at it”

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