“In the end, creativity isn’t just the things we choose to put in, it’s the things we choose to leave out.”

“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.”

“You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life.”

“Your job is to collect good ideas. The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.”

“You don’t get to pick your family, but you can pick your teachers and you can pick your friends and you can pick the music you listen to and you can pick the books you read and you can pick the movies you see. You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life. You are the sum of your influences. The German writer Goethe said, "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.”

“Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.”

“Telling yourself you have all the time in the world, all the money in the world, all the colors in the palette, anything you want—that just kills creativity.”