Seth Godin Quotes

When I teach seminars, I tell people, 'Your stuff has to look like something that's out there, because otherwise nobody will take a chance on you.'

I like to promote my work. I do the promotion for my work because that is required. Apart from that I just don't know how to promote myself, to be honest, I think my work ideally should speak for itself.

The most important thing is presentation.

You have to be very brave and very entrepreneurial - you have to dare to create your own brand.

I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it.

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting.

I didn't think that personal style had much value in graphic design.

People don't need to necessarily see me in the jersey to understand who I am and what message I'm trying to get across with the things that I'm marketing.

You've got to be able to sell yourself.

As an entrepreneur, one cannot just work and not say anything.

If you create something, whether it's a painting or a company, I think if you care about it, you have some obligation to go out and tell people about it.

You can't underestimate the importance of cover art.

It may be an instinct, it is with me anyway, when you're presenting something to the world, to make it as beautiful as you can.

I have never been attracted to increasing my popularity or hireability by being on Instagram.

If you're shameless enough, you can sell anything.

I know it's a bit of an awful thing to say, but I really just make things up. My main goal is to make a picture that people find interesting to look at and that has my name on it.

I'm a brand type guy and we want to make sure that 'Gas Monkey' is out there in every arena that we can be. I'm also never short on ideas and I usually try to get them out there at all times.

I want to show people what I'm about - not just, 'Here's my celebrity partner this year that I'm going to showcase.'

If you want to put yourself on the map, publish your own map.

Sometimes you just can't be afraid to wear a different hat. If Columbus had complied, this whole world might still be flat.

Style is a capitalist invention. It's a trademark. It's very useful in the world of commerce to have a good trademark, but it wasn't my first concern. I got restless

In a nation that has developed to a high art advertising, the creator who refuses to advertise himself is immediately suspected of having no product worth selling.

The way you present your work has a lot to do with how people receive and regard it.

Everyone needs some trial and error figuring out how it's gonna work for them. I could have gotten that out of the way a little sooner but I think you're totally right, the way I kind of think about things and the way I wanted to put myself out there doesn't fit the traditional side of things. I needed things like podcasts and YouTube and things that allow you to get it out there yourself and stand in the flames.

I'm a visual artist myself and always have been so it's very natural for me to be very concerned with presentation, whether it's artwork or onstage.