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.

— Seth Godin

A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another. A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate.

— Seth Godin

At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet.

— Seth Godin

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

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.

— Seth Godin

Believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic.

— Seth Godin

Change almost never fails because it's too early. It almost always fails because it's too late.

— Seth Godin

Difference between TV and the internet was how far you sat from the screen. TV was an 8-foot activity, and you were a consumer. The internet was a 16-inch activity, and you participated. I think the sitting down thing is similar. You're not going to buy an armor while standing on the subway.

— Seth Godin

Do extremely difficult work. That seems obvious, right? If you do something that's valued but scarce because it's difficult, you're more likely to be in demand and to be compensated fairly for what you do. The implication is stunning, though: When designing a project or developing a skill, seek out the most difficult parts to master and contribute. If it's easy, it's not for you.

— Seth Godin

Don’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.

— Seth Godin