Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012 One of the best commencement speeches. A must watch for any artist and everyone who hopes to be creative and successful. Make Good Art.
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@just-her-author56353 роки тому
I met him once getting some books signed. I gushed to him about how his work on making LGBT characters visible, especially the fact the first transwoman I ever read about was in his comics and I knew in my heart she had always been a girl....made me feel seen. Then I said I wanted to be a writer...he shook my hand and said he couldn''t wait to read my work.
@dawid42113 місяці тому
G writer
@yumichan155 років тому
When you realize; he has written novels, children's books, comics, recorded audio books, and wrote 2 episodes of doctor who
@Captain_MonsterFart3 роки тому
, you become aware of your uncompleted sentence.
@phantomapprentice67493 роки тому
By now when it comes to screenwriting he did much more than just 2 episodes of Dr.Who.
@sean98162 роки тому
@@Captain_MonsterFart "Incompleted"
@raw_dahРік тому
@@sean9816 *incomplete, the action never got finished so don't end with "ed". *incomplete
@sean9816Рік тому
@@raw_dahI always finish my action, completely. Tx teach. You're correct
@linesyverinsen92152 роки тому
"People will tolerate how unpleasant you are, if your work is good and you deliver it on time. People will forgive the lateness of your work if it's good and they like you. And you don't have to be as good as everyone else if you're on time and it's always a pleasure to hear from you."
@realm31610 років тому
"The Moment you are walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your art and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself, that is the moment that you may be starting to get it right." - That's amazing
@AshleyistheGOAT2 роки тому
That was my favorite part ❤️
@randompersonontheinterweb2 роки тому
I didn’t realized how much I needed to hear this
@soularwaveРік тому
@11:52 your *heart* and your mind
@maikenelissen3767Рік тому
Problem is that's the moment you probably shy away from the most.
@Himani_inamiH10 років тому
He speaks like he writes like the way he changes volumes and emphasis on words he sounds like he is narrating not just talking
@leau31996 років тому
well he *is* reading from a pre-written script
@oldgit42606 років тому
l'eau and he's full of shit
@clarastevens65764 роки тому
Rory Guitar great now you get to where he is in life and then you can say that.
@douglasdiggins82964 роки тому
@@clarastevens6576 i dont agree with the guy you replied to, but you cant use appeal to authority to argue a point. Just saying.
@clarastevens65764 роки тому
Douglas Diggins ok well I’ve never heard of the guy writing that comment whereas Neil Gaiman is a published author with an astonishing plethora of books.
@clarennhalee10 років тому
"Leave the world more interesting for your being here."
@shaymaaabusalih95802 роки тому
I never imagined the "professionally replying to email" bit would hit me like a bucket of cold water. I remember watching this when I was in high school, thinking that would never be me. But last year, I looked up from my computer at work, and tried to figure out why I felt so lousy. Why it felt so wrong. One year later, I'm unemployed, and have completed a manuscript I never thought would survive my daydreams. It's a precarious place to be in, but it feels like home. Onto the next step! Thank you, Neil.
@Toporshik2 роки тому
Good luck to you! I hope it will all work out!
@ondox2 місяці тому
Did you get it published?
@cr8cat7944 роки тому
I feel lucky to be alive at the same time as Neil Gaiman.
@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker12 років тому
I have lived my creative life as this man proposes and I have found in this all the things he says are there
@PLOJ3 роки тому
hey david love your vids and pictures you post!
@niharikamanjunath6 років тому
I feel like he took everything that was going on in my brain-all the doubts and insecurities about art and creativity- worded them beautifully and said them back to me. All I could think of was- he gets me. *He gets me.* The bit about the message in the bottle is so true. And of course, make good art.
@MrsWackyJaqi8 років тому
Neil Gaiman always talks about a distant mountain.
@KaityKat1174 роки тому
the thing about a distant mountain is even when you've climbed up the foothills, it still looks like a distant mountain. The only ones who can accurately judge your ascent are those looking from elsewhere. You're too close to tell.
@shad96745 років тому
That second to last bit about gatekeepers leaving their gates, in the context of 2012, makes me so damn sad. 7 years later, every path the internet had to offer, every freedom and empowerment it started giving artists all over the world, is now run by giant platforms and their dehumanizing algorithms. It doesn't take back any quality of this insanely good, profound, human speech, but man. I hope the corporate social media age is one that will end soon. I miss the collective excitement over what internet used to make possible for individuals. That said, back to making art !
@WilliamGMedinaGIO8 років тому
Great speech. I don't follow this guy's work religiously or anything, but man, what a great speech. :) Whenever I'm doubting myself, I throw this video on, and I'm back on it. He's a very wise man.
@olivergehrmann65357 років тому
I've read everything he's published; he's my favorite author and I'm 100% with you. I've watched this video a number of times and forwarded it often and I always get positive responses. In fact, I should be getting back to work just now. ^^
@zdanlins4 роки тому
Same here, man
@fsdfasdfasdfsdf3 роки тому
I heard this back in 2014 for the first time. 6 years later I still come back for some guidance and words of wisdom. I am glad I'm not the only one
@paulabee81Рік тому
Same... Freelancing for 10 years now as a writer and I come back here every so often for inspiration.
@larsscholz3762Рік тому
"He's a very wise man" - Yeah, or is he just very good in pretending to be a very wise man? ;-) If you think it through, there is no difference, but you think it's easier the latter way. That's the genious in it.
@imago-wasp8 років тому
I love this man so dearly. What an excellent beautiful soul.
@oldgit42606 років тому
Sonia Grodzka you're thinking of Alan Moore, not this fake
@Azori105 років тому
Do you think the same after 2 years?
@spiderjerusalem40093 роки тому
@@oldgit4260 wow ok
@TANTRUMrecordsUK10 років тому
this video inspired me so much i just made a potato painting
@ianjones99615 років тому
A painting of a potato, or a potato imbued with the will and ability to paint?
@marychristie48154 роки тому
Or a painting on a potato?
@midnight-marshmallows-for-58634 роки тому
or a painting using a potato
@ivoryspade40994 роки тому
Or a potato using a painting
@Seekingwildbeauty3 роки тому
🤣🤣🤣
@billjitsu7 років тому
This is one of the best speeches I've ever heard.
@doubletrouble54482 роки тому
I’ve recently found Neil Gaiman because we’re reading his book on Norse Mythology in language arts class. I’m very glad I’ve found him, and I’m excited to read more of his work.
@aebbinge10 років тому
I don't think this is just for artists, it's for everybody. Everything can be art and if you make a mistake, you did something diffrent from last time. I love the speech!
@fsdfasdfasdfsdf3 роки тому
Its been 6 years since I first heard this speech. My life got tough at that moment, but I always remembered his advice. Time took its sting away and things got better, whenever I had doubts, or worried too much about the future or keeping the good things I had going around, I tried to follow his advice, and enjoy the ride. I have his voice in my head telling me: "This is really great, you should enjoy this" and he always manages to help me see the good stuff behind the problems of success. Totally, one of the best pieces of advice I have ever gotten.
@ShahabloРік тому
Hey, how are you these days?
@omowako3 роки тому
This is such an old video but...I'm a high-school senior about to graduate. I have my dream university offer that I feel like I shouldn't have gotten and Neil Gaiman talking about imposter syndrome felt so close to heart. His lessons so worthwhile. I hope I don't forget them in the next four years.
@zoopothecaryРік тому
Congrats, I hope it’s going well. I’ve rewatched this video at least once a year for the past 6 years and each time I am inspired anew but notice areas of life where I’ve been forgetting these lessons. I’m happy to report though that each year I do better, and these days I feel more comfortable in my own skin than I have since I was a kid.
@jennyjube11 років тому
best bit "Be wise, because the world needs more wisdom. If you cannot be wise, pretend to be someone who is wise and just behave like they would."
@EvelynBaron5 місяців тому
Neil Gaiman always a pleasure one of this world's brilliant souls who also happens to be one of those humans of immense good will. A treasure ... his books helped me through good times and bad.
@SaltAddictMUGEN8 років тому
This speech always motivates me and cheers me up whenever I'm feeling down!
@user-fu4fq9cj8x3 роки тому
why am i crying in the club rn
@thecrazyandthewild5 років тому
"...and I knew that as long as I kept walking towards the mountain, I'd be alright"
@funkyspiderhat90068 місяців тому
This is the most important video I think I've ever watched.
@seppuku-8 місяців тому
Me too. I related to every word, I’m not even being cliche I had to pause this video.
@ramansehgal35717 років тому
Thank you Tim Ferris for mentioning this again and again on his podcast... I got here in the end. And it was well worth it :)
@kyperoonie12 років тому
My Son graduated in this class and it was a thrill to be there to hear Neil's Speech... The class was encouraged to decorate their hats and gowns as they wanted, and as far as the hair... well it is an art school! lol
@chickennuggets3537 років тому
Most inspiring speech I've ever heard! Gaiman gained a new fan her.
@Django4410 років тому
IMHO one of the most moving, inspirational and thought-provoking commencement addresses of all time. Refreshingly, Neil talks in plain language, avoiding the cant used by others who do the same job. He speaks from his own world of experience and avoids moralizing. We feel invited to sit with him and have a chat; we are not preached to from 'on high'. He cast aside any thoughts of smug superiority and spoke eloquently and honestly from his heart. Thank you Neil. This address was a gift.
@Eowynnofrohan9 років тому
I was feeling discouraged because of a post on tumblr that was disparaging to following your dreams. I posted, "I will make life work for me if it's the last thing I do" and a friend on tumblr, who knew I was a writer, sent me this. Inspired me to push forward.
@tofjip8 років тому
He kind of looks and sounds like Severus Snape.
@EmiTheLoomistar8 років тому
+TheLumpyHeavy :'C
@MrsWackyJaqi8 років тому
+TheLumpyHeavy Alan Rickman is a cool man, like Neil. Both cool men.
@imago-wasp8 років тому
+TheLumpyHeavy >imblying Alan Rickman wasn't a hot babe
@bodhinature7 років тому
British man in robes. Checks out.
@nladpro6 років тому
Who knows he might have inspired that character? Or the film variant thereof?
@SusaraPhillips11 років тому
"I love him for what he was, for who he is, and for who he yet may be."
@lilypendragon66245 років тому
The first time I heard this; I dropped to my knees and WEPT. THIS IS TRUTH.
@basseartist2 роки тому
I still come back to this speech for inspiration :)
@Grinchdom6 років тому
Omg, I'm so glad I've heard this speech now. I am not an artist of any kind and yet I am stuck with something I need to do. This is so inspirational! I guess I am going to pretend I am someone who knows how to proceed and will act like them. In the end, anything we produce can be a good art, can't it?
@bartholomew12125 років тому
yup
@roshithesayian680110 років тому
*You almost certainly need to watch this*. If you think you're the kind of person who *doesn't need to watch a talk with the heading 'make good art'*
@nandakishoren21388 років тому
WOW! ... W-O-W! ... W-O-AAA-W! Incredibly inspiring and thought provoking and so inimitably contemporary
@stuffguy66646 років тому
a legit fantastic person a nature story teller. His voice is so hypnotic and one of a kind.
@RainaRamsay2 роки тому
I come back here and rewatch this every time I recommend it to someone else, and it makes my life much better to have done so
@ladystellawords8 років тому
What an inspiring speech! The wisdom in every sentence is profound and clear as crystalline water..."mistakes" are the essence of being is extraordinary. And he is English and I have cross his pathways many times over...just amazing how life is mysterious. Coraline was a misspelling wow.
@ELJoseNova11 років тому
Through all my trials and tribulations. Making good art saved me
@ijebusjebus11 років тому
Most of us only find our own voices after we've sounded like a lot of other people. But the one thing that you have that nobody else has is You - your voice, your mind, your story, your vision.
@DebraAJason11 років тому
That was so beautiful & poignant. I especially liked "I learned to write by writing," "When things go wrong, do what only you can do best, make good art...the only thing you have that no one else has, is you," and, "Pretend you're someone who can do it."
@discount_mpdgРік тому
dropping out of college this semester bc it’s just not working out and this made me feel wholly, and completely, and totally better about it
@MelanieWalbyМісяць тому
I have to listen to this once a year and it holds up every time for a different reason.
@Ivykyrn7 років тому
I revisit this every so often. Just remember to pretend that your somebody who does something and do what they would do.
@Anonim72423 місяці тому
"If you are not what you want to be, then pretend to be someone who is that and behave as they would."
@barbarathulin82638 років тому
I cannot watch and listen to this speech enough! What a gift!! It has given me so much peace with my creative quest with my art and Decadent Digs. It is a must watch and feel profoundly blessed sharing this on my Facebook~! You Rock Neil!!!
@angliase7 років тому
Barbara Thulin
@princessthyemis7 років тому
Listening to this makes me wants to read Neverwhere again
@angharadrees48139 років тому
"Make Good Art" - flipping awesome!
@udornyc9 років тому
This is so inspiring and reflecting my own, decades long journey as a self taught photographer and surrealist painter! While watching/listening to this speech, my eyes glanced several times over my canvas, stored on the top of a bookshelf, underpainting done, but waiting to be completed into a painting for almost 10months... Thank you Peter Shev for sharing this remarkable speech... :)
@isamuhammad56715 років тому
Never heard of this writer before, but after listening to this I had to learn more. He has a spiritual foundation which is my attraction. Beautiful Words !!
@AnnoulaXeni2 роки тому
His 'rule of two out of three' is something you can bank on. What a valuable bit of advice! What a wonderful speech.
@NiallMor9 років тому
Brilliant! I'm trying to write something now, not for publication necessarily, but just to see if I can turn a jumble of ideas into a finished story. This is the kind of inspiration I need.
@GoranofallTrades4 роки тому
"People who know what they're doing, know the rules and they know what is possible and what is impossible; you do not and you should not. The rules on what is possible and impossible in the arts were made by people who had not tested the bounds of possible by going beyond them, and you can. If you don't know it's impossible, it's easier to do. And because nobody's done it before, they haven't made up rules to stop anyone from doing that particular thing again." "I tended to do everything as long as it felt like an adventure and to stop when it felt like work. Which meant that life did not feel like work." I just had to write down these two somewhere.
@jjmichaud4714 роки тому
And now its the apple commerical
@jacegerard83434 роки тому
Anyone else choose to write on this for a school assignment?? I had the option to choose a speech by Obama, but this was on the list too. I'm glad I chose it because I am a fan of Neil Gaiman, thanks to my mom raising me.
@LuxBellator9210 років тому
One of the best commencement speeches I've seen. Truly inspiring. You are a maestro, Gaiman.
@nirau7 років тому
I'm so grateful that i found this speech. Totally made my day. Gonna revisit it sometime for sure.
@aarondavis56043 роки тому
I heard this speech in 2012 and to this day there are 6 or 7 things he mentioned in this video that I still do. I have to come back to listen at least once or twice a year. This is easily my favorite speech of all time. Just sit back and enjoy this ♥️
@murasaki848Рік тому
Excellent commencement. For those who enjoyed this, I recommend looking up the "9 Life Lessons" commencement speech by Tim Minchin at the University of Western Australia.
@DemiImp7 років тому
10:47 - the inspiration to Exploding Kittens
@slayerkhan11 років тому
I tell the kids at school something like that all the time...think about the person you want to be and make your decisions as if you were that person. Eventually you won't have to think about it at all, you'll be that person.
@princessthyemis7 років тому
I LOVE THIS SPEECH, THIS MAN AND HIS BOOKS
@MoriahBe11 років тому
And if a failure was saying all this, would you take it more seriously? It's called experience. It doesn't make you the smartest, just smarter than those who did not experience. It has nothing to do with success or failure. And I am saying this as a person who has an extreme fear of failure.
@JIYkp7 років тому
10:20 MAKE GOOD ART
@MichelleZimmerman12 років тому
I cannot even start to express my love for this. What pure inspiration you have brought to the world. Share this with EVERYONE!
@jwolfling3 роки тому
A Pandemic rampaging through the current world.. ..make good art :)
@titanicsmusic9 років тому
so inspiring, I always come back to this. what a king.
@shrotcake11 років тому
He was already my favourite author, now I love him even more now. Such an inspiration.
@momon87384 роки тому
You know from the way he spoke/narrated on masterclass ad, even before the content of the class, he already attracted me to attend his class
@Godeiche11 років тому
I love this man and his work. Wish I had a fraction of his talent.
@fredericasteller72806 років тому
I love this dude! I appreciate his candid, inspirational encouragement!
@Vinicius77711 років тому
he's just awesome ... it's always good to hear good advices like these and Neil really do magic putting those advices in his own words!
@ppmaqchannel7 років тому
the 88 ppl who thumbed down make bad art ; - ;
@spxmiguel33716 років тому
ppmaq it's 99 now
@CristianRiosM6 років тому
it could be or maybe they don't make art at all haha
@denysetia6 років тому
119
@BessBurton3 роки тому
Or have met him in person in 1989 and been subjected to blatant rudeness
@roshneedesai8 років тому
Best speech ever.
@JacobP420Stayfaded10 років тому
this is the best speech on art i've ever heard i truly could not stop watching due to how smart this man is. This is perhaps the greatest advice for all writers alike....Truly amazing :)
@karanjotsingh18733 роки тому
Why is he such a nice person I get a aura a knowledge and experience from him .... he is a very interesting person
@gameapril7 років тому
I love me some Neil Gaiman! Incredibly inspiring. What a blessing that we have the internet and UKposts so that people years later who were not at that commencement ceremony can enjoy it as well.
@RawVids2111 років тому
2:20 I understood that reference and now I feel proud of myself. Thanks for this feel, OP.
@stevekopacka8938 років тому
He is an amazing writer!
@bruffie110 років тому
What a brilliant man! I came upon Gaiman through Terry Pratchett and I've been working retrospectively through his work. A wonderful creative genius!
@garyapple11 років тому
I find myself watching this speech over and over again. It never fails to move and inspire me.
@pamelaparkergannon58018 років тому
WOW - what an inspiration! I love him as an writer!
@jamiedennewitz2 роки тому
Amazing and inspiring. I love his work, and this made him my new hero. Neil, you are a treasure. Thank you. You have accomplished more in 19 minutes than My therapist has in a year.
@BodyBird2 місяці тому
Makes me smile, because he's done, all of that.
@paogalan8 років тому
Amazing speech !! Just like his books, I really admire his work.
@dawoodmarion11 років тому
Beautiful beyond words. I teared up listening to this multiple times. Thanks Neil!
@pepoppinsРік тому
I LOVE this guy! I took his Masterclass and just hung on every word!
@fiddlefan89583 роки тому
I have recommended this speech to dozens of my hypnosis clients. I actually extracted an MP3 so I could listen on my phone during my daily commute.
@ClintHollingsworth9 років тому
What a great speech. Going to bookmark this one.
@readysethydroponics11 років тому
Love this guy, his books are amazing!
@AntonioGazzaneo9111 років тому
this makes me want to invent a lot of things, to create art, thanks neil
@aamirafzal39925 років тому
wooow....that speech must have inspired so many people across the globe for sure. Amazing Neil Gaiman
@TimHulmePhoto10 років тому
Just brilliant, from goosebumps to the point of tears!
@walterreally12 років тому
I don't see what is so great about this speech that it made you cry.
@ashoo180712 років тому
This is the most inspiring talk I ve ever heard after Steve jobs'' speech .. in some parts I feel this is touching the precisely right chord .. especially " Make good Art " .. ! Great Speech ..
@diannesison11 років тому
Thank you for reviving the artist in me and for that fantastic speech. RESPECT.
@elementalemcee11 років тому
Absolutely perfect. Having just started the journey towards that mountain, I can attest to it all.
@CourtneyCoulson11 років тому
I don't have that many role models, certainly there are people I admire, but when it comes to someone who really inspires and influences me, I'd say Neil Gaiman is at the top of that short list.