Seth Godin Quotes

I think that anything that leads to creativity and good work is good.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.

If I'm a content creator, and I get recognition for my work, that's going to motivate me to spend even more time on my next production and make it even better.

You have to remember you're an artist and get hungry.

Making something good and saying something brilliant are not two things. When you make your own statement, there is a higher energy level, and you do better painting.

I can't be Stevie Wonder; I can't be Marvin Gaye, but I can be the foundation that I think withholds that mold.

The greatest creators are as hungry to consume as they are to create.

Creativity makes life useful to us. It also makes us useful to life.

That talk of inspiration is sheer nonsense; there is no such thing. It is a mere matter of craftsmanship.

Writing doesn't require drive. It's like saying a chicken has to have drive to lay an egg.

I care about being creative and productive.

I wanna keep being productive and creative.

I'm 44 now; I feel better than I did when I was 34. I've got more clarity now. I wake up in the morning, and I write my blog, and then I go upstairs, and I work on music. And I do that every day. That's what I do. I don't check in once a week and think, "Oh, I've gotta come up with something now." I'm always writing. I was just in a coffee shop in Chelsea last night, just killing time, waiting for a friend, and I sat and wrote enough for three good songs. I love it. This is my life. It's all I do.

Do you create anything, or just criticize others work and belittle their motivations?

Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.

Creativity is connected to passion - that light inside that drives you.

I kind of lose my mind a little bit if I'm not making something.

I feel that my work comes alive all the time.

When I work on my music, I always kind of just try to do my best work.

Throughout my life, there's just periods when I write and periods when I don't. I don't feel like anything's really blocked. It's just not where things are at right now, and it's just a matter of time until there's something going on where I feel compelled to write.

We definitely want to make sure that what we are making is something that we are proud of and something that we are inspired to write.

I see all these professional photographers out at the racetrack, and there's all these people across the world, taking really cool pictures and you're like, 'Man, I want to create that!' I had that mindset when I first grabbed a camera.

I am hungry for good work.

The most important factors for any artist, is the honesty towards one's craft, hard work and passion that guides them.