Neil Gaiman's Advice to Aspiring Artists

Neil Gaiman gives some incredibly sage and sincere advice to a young aspiring artist at The CT YOUTH Forum's Student-Roundtable Discussion. Before every Forum event, high school students are given the opportunity to sit with the evening's panelists to ask questions and discuss important topics. Gaiman sat with Neil deGrasse Tyson, MIT's Neri Oxman, WNPR's John Dankosky, and a collection of high school students from around Connecticut for a question and answer session prior to The Connecticut Forum's "Vision & Brilliance" Forum on December 1, 2012.


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[TheInundation]

I love you, Neil! Damn, this almost made me cry...

[charlotteisawhovian]

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[Dubzoomember]

KNEEL BEFORE NEIL(S)!

[Dubzoomember]

"Trying is the first step towards failure. The lesson is: never try." - Homer Simpson.

[Rowan McDonald]

That is a lot of viewings of my face. Oh lord.

[imorriso1]

Neil deGrasse Tyson and Neil Gaiman in the same panel? That's too much Neil for one room. I don't think that room is rated for that much awesome at once.

[PrincessDollieBunnie]

NEIL FTW!! >:D

[Karlo Berger]

What a good soul that man has.

[hedende]

Yeah that may be true but time is a factor, you cannot reverse it back when you realize that you use your energy & time for nothing...In life what you give is what you get. You have to give a good amount of time to achieve on something.. And sometimes you must try harder..if you believe you can do, sure you can try. Its a choice.

[VioletDiamond42]

Try Coraline, or Stardust. But really, though, all his works are beautiful. Each and every one is just so unique and intriguing that it's almost impossible not to enjoy them. Try them all, I say.

[VioletDiamond42]

This, my fellow people of the world, is why Neil Gaiman is one of my favourite writers ever.

[TheOnlySilverUnicorn]

If you try then there is a chance you may succeed and a chance that you may fail. There is only certainty if you don't try. If you don't try, then it is certain that will not succeed and it is certain that you will fail. So, if you choose not to try something for fear of failure, then you have already failed.