A small paintbrush drawing a curling teal stroke that divides into two, on a warm white background.

Original artwork, not a still

Neil Gaiman

If you have an idea of what you want to make, what you were put here to do, then just go and do that.

— Address to the University of the Arts Class of 2012

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Neil Gaiman's advice is refreshingly simple. If you already know what you were put here to make, skip the hesitation and overthinking. Go and do it, because knowing your aim is reason enough to begin.

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