Kanye West

I went to college on an art scholarship at the American Academy of Art, but the education comes from being passionate about objects, spaces, colors and the way they affect your senses.

All this is saying is, OK I see now, the ‘hood does not quite want Shirley Bassey yet, so let me still give them this. Crack Music was made after Diamonds. After black people were like, ‘I don’t know about this one.’ It was like me reaching too high for the cookie jar.

I was so happy when I saw Jimmy Kimmel walk out in the Yeezys. That was an olive branch. He lead with love. I appreciate Jimmy and his team. You guys are Jedi’s. much love.

How about dreaming out loud? How about feeling that something can happen to make the world better and inspire people? Is that OK for one second?

Even with my wife, I see her as a representation, as a Marie Antoinette of our time.

I don’t want to put too many boxes on it because the work speaks louder than words.

The top salesperson in the organization probably missed more sales than 90% of the sales people on the team, but they also made more calls than the others made.

Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember – the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways it won’t work.

Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the ability to act effectively, in spite of fear.

You’ll find out that nothing that comes easy is worth a dime. As a matter of fact, I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face. Never.

Thinking expansively includes seeing what is possible and making it happen.

That, you have to leave your comfort zone.

Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.

Lack of direction not lack of time is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

We are guided by outcomes, not ideology. We have a policy of principled realism, rooted in shared goals, interests, and values. That realism forces us to confront a question facing every leader and nation in this room. It is a question we cannot escape or avoid. We will slide down the path of complacency, numb to the challenges, threats, and even wars that we face. Or do we have enough strength and pride to confront those dangers today, so that our citizens can enjoy peace and prosperity tomorrow?

At the still-point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared, but only men of character are trusted.

All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.