James Victore Quotes

• Things that make you weird as a kid will make you great tomorrow.

  James Victore

  Kids, Funny Kid, Graphic Design

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• If your work appeals to everyone, it moves no one

  James Victore

  Moving, Appeals, Ifs

  Twitter post from Aug 10, 2012

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• You can't learn anything new, until you are open enough to forget everything you think you know

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  Thinking, Forget Everything, Enough

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• We're supposed to be the people who make culture, not decorate culture.

  James Victore

  People, Culture, Supposed To Be

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• If you don't enjoy what you're doing, how can you assume anyone else will

  James Victore

  Assuming, Enjoy, Ifs

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• The life you want doesn't exist. You have to make it up.

  James Victore

  Want

  Twitter post from Sep 16, 2012

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• Inspiration is hogwash. My work comes directly out of my loves and hates. Muses don't whisper in my ear, and ideas don't flow over my body like a cool rain.

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  Hate, Rain, Inspiration

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• When we think of our work as a gift, it radically changes what we create.

  James Victore

  Thinking

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• Put your weird in your work!

  James Victore

  Your Weird

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• But the few brave ones, both companies and individuals, who risk comfort and safety for a chance at beauty or being able to move someone — they have a potential to gain so much more.

  James Victore

  Moving, Safety, Brave

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• Your pursuit of personal greatness challenges others to fear for their own causes, their own battles and pursuits. Your freedom is a reminder of their own imaginary restraints and limitations. Yet, for others, your confidence will be a beacon. People follow conviction, assertive advice and brave leaders, and there's nothing more powerful than a confident man or woman.

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  Powerful, Greatness, Men

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• Creativity is not to be rudely shoved into being

  James Victore

  Creativity

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• By believing your work is a 'gift,' it radically changes what you create. I think this is a revolutionary idea. It's no longer about client approval or a paycheck, but aspiring to make work that has meaning and purpose in your life and for your audience.

  James Victore

  Believe, Thinking, Ideas

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• In the particular lies the universal.

  James Victore

  Lying, Particular, Universal

  Twitter post from Mar 12, 2017

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• It's about whittling. It's about taking something and whittling and whittling and getting it sharp and perfect. Then you've got something.

  James Victore

  Perfect, Design, Whittling

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• We are born with magic inside of us

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  Magic, Born

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• The first rule of business is FUN

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  Fun, Firsts

  Twitter post from Feb 20, 2015

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• Go have fun and make money

  James Victore

  Fun, Having Fun, Making Money

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• Distraction is the most corrosive disease of the 20th century.

  James Victore

  Disease, Distraction, Century

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• I am everyone I have ever loved.

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• No one can stand in the way of your personal greatness

  James Victore

  Greatness, Way

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