Career

What's just as important as having a plan is being able to adapt. A lot of the best things I've experienced are things I never knew or never expected or knew to prepare for.

Don't ever feel boxed into a single career or pursuit. Remain curious. Explore every axis, on every front, in the battle to make a difference.

Do what you love. Find a way to get paid for it. And if you ever have the luxury of multiple job offers, don't make the decision based on salary alone.

You cannot tell yourself where things would lead. Finding what you want to do next is a job, and like any job, you have to put in the hours.

In the days ahead, a lot of people will tell you to trust your instincts and don't be afraid to take chances, and I am definitely one of those people. But I would also say this: don't rush into the next phase of your life.

Never prostitute your integrity to get a job or to keep one.

Always protect your reputation — and have the courage to follow your dreams.

We show off and have a vision of success as a ladder to climb. But there is no ladder, and it has no top, and eventually we have to decide what we want to do, what we want to be, what we want to stand for.

I knew what intellectual passion felt like — because I'd felt it here, at Princeton — and I wanted to feel it again. I was 26 years old. Had I waited until I was 36, I would never have done it. I would have forgotten the feeling.

I have three words for you. Persistence, persistence... persistence.

A wonderful curator and the founder of the New Museum in New York named Marsha Tucker said, 'Do what scares you.' Well... it scared me... and I did it.

Think about not waiting your turn. Instead, think about getting together with friends that you admire, people you envy. Think about not waiting for a company to call you up.