If you just mimic the surface of somebody’s work without understanding where they are coming from, your work will never be anything more than a knockoff.

The only way to find your voice is to use it. It’s hardwired, built into you. Talk about the things you love. Your voice will follow.

It’s one of my theories that when people give you advice, they’re really just talking to themselves in the past.

Usually, when we talk about creativity, it's about self-expression, which is great, but for work to be art or design, there has to be someone on the other end. The audience makes the work come alive.

Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.

Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead.

You can’t be content with mastery; you have to push yourself to become a student again.

You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.

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.

Don't worry about doing research. Just search.

You can't find your voice if you don't use it.

The soul who does not live to give the best, deny the sacred self of full strength.

Putting on a beautifully designed suit elevates my spirit, extols my sense of self, and helps define me as a man to whom details matter.

Friends are the fruitcake of life - some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet.

The real work of an expedition begins when you return.

You can't go home and listen to Chopin, and just use it.

A good system shortens the road to the goal.

It ain't fair that we have all the rough breaks!

It's still a memory worth having, even if it's not exactly what you imagined.

To me, being a woman in 2016 is allowing myself to contain multitudes. Looking at who's given the space to do so and why.

Did ole Hank really do it this way?