Steve Dolan’s most recent Quotables

For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue... as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a course greater than oneself.

The purpose of art is to inform and delight.

The core value was always the act of making things, and the transformation of an idea that you hold in your mind that becomes real or material. That to me still is the glory of any creative activity.

We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers.

Ideas have retained some of the properties of organisms. Like them, they tend to perpetuate their structure and to breed; they too can fuse, recombine, segregate their content; indeed they too can evolve, and in this evolution selection must surely play an important role.

The difficulty lies not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones.

Be wary of any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

I'd rather f*** up a few things than get to the end of my life and go, ‘Very nice. Very tidy!’

Attention to detail … can’t be (and never is) added later. It’s an entire development philosophy, methodology, and culture.

An important sign of maturity is becoming secure with your insecurities.

Confusion is often comforting because you have an excuse to prolong action (and wait for clarity). Don't wait. Clarify.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; skill is knowing how to do it; and virtue is doing it

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.

A genius is the one most like himself.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

Playing it safe is the most popular way to fail.

While many companies worry about keeping ahead of their competition, they actually have a much bigger issue – keeping pace with their customers.

If you want to make the right decision for the future, fear is not a very good consultant.