Don’t try to be hip or cool. Being open and honest about what you like is the best way to connect with people who like those things, too. - Austin Kleon

"Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing. I get some of my best ideas when I'm bored, which is why I never take my shirts to the cleaners. I love ironing my shirts-it's so boring, I almost always get good ideas. If you're out of ideas, wash the dishes. Take really long walk. Stare at a spot on the wall for as long as you can. As the artist Maira Kalman says, "Avoiding work is the way to focus my mind.

The people who get what they're after are very often the ones who just stick around long enough.

A successful or failed project is no guarantee of another success or failure.