So you want to be more crea­tive, here are the tips from one of my favorite people

1. Ignore everybody.

The more ori­gi­nal your idea is, the less good advice other peo­ple will be able to give you. When I first star­ted with the cartoon-on-back-of-bizcard for­mat, peo­ple thought I was nuts.

And there’s more..

2. Put the hours in
3. Ever­yone is born crea­tive; ever­yone is given a box of cra­yons in kin­der­gar­ten.
4. Every­body has their own pri­vate Mount Eve­rest they were put on this earth to climb.
5. Don’t try to stand out from the crowd; avoid crowds alto­gether.
6. If you accept the pain, it can­not hurt you.
7. Never com­pare your inside with some­body else’s outside.
8. Nobody cares. Do it for your­self.
9. Worr­ying about “Com­mer­cial vs. Artis­tic” is a com­plete waste of time.
10. Don’t worry about fin­ding ins­pi­ra­tion. It comes even­tually.
11. When your dreams become rea­lity, they are no lon­ger your dreams.