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I Don’t Think The Shortage Of Artists Has Much To Do With The Innate Ability To Create Or Initiate. I Think It Has To Do With Believing That It’s Possible And Acceptable For You To Do It. We’ve Had These Doors Open Wide For Only A Decade Or So, And Most People Have Been Brainwashed Into Believing That Their Job Is To Copyedit The World, Not To Design It.

-Seth Godin

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I Don’t Think The Shortage Of Artists Has Much To Do With The Innate Ability To Create Or Initiate. I Think It Has To Do With Believing That It’s Possible And Acceptable For You To Do It. We’ve Had These Doors Open Wide For Only A Decade Or So, And Most People Have Been Brainwashed Into Believing That Their Job Is To Copyedit The World, Not To Design It.

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