Redefine Creativity - A conversation with Kevin Rose

The irony is that them telling you... to do the 'safe thing' is arguably the riskiest thing that they could be telling you to do... Following the dreams that somebody else has for you to play it safe in this one precious life... that's terrifying to me. Just fast-forward to the number one concern of the dying, which is that they lived the life that other people wanted rather than the one that they chose for themselves.

The things where there is a perfect blueprint for, like becoming a doctor, becoming an x-ray technician… these days, you can start to clone and copy that with software. When there’s no creativity present, and you can clone and copy it with software, you can automate it. And when you can automate it, the job goes away.

Life isn't about finding fulfillment and success; it's about creating it.

The only way that you can truly stand out is by acknowledging the uniqueness of your own experience and doubling down on that.

Creativity is not art. Creativity is the combining of any new thing to form something new and useful.

It is the riskiest time in human history to play it safe.

Creativity is something that's trained out of us rather than something that's given to some and not to others. Creativity is inside of every person.

When you have your eye on the 'X,' you're thinking that at some future point in time, 'I will be happy. I will be satisfied. I will be fulfilled. I will make it.' And you're not enjoying the journey at that point, and all we really have is the journey.

Creativity is not this whimsical, naive thing ... The most fundamental building block we have is the ability to make decisions that are in line with who we actually want to be and then manifest those in the world.

Choosing creativity, it's ultimately refusing to betray yourself.