“Strategy is a commodity, execution is an art.”

“Real poetry is art at its purest sense. It is never a commodity, but a breath of eternity.”

“Above all, success in business requires two things: a winning competitive strategy, and superb organizational execution. Distrust is the enemy of both. I submit that while high trust won't necessarily rescue a poor strategy, low trust will almost always derail a good one. ”

“In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire.”

“Strategy was first used in Athens (508 BC) to describe the art of leadership used by the ten generals on the war council. Some argue for the more creative, human side, while others argue for the more analytic side of strategy.”

“There were far worse strategies in life than to try to make each aspect of one's existence a minor work of art.”