Thelonious Monk Quote
Silence quells anxiety, and it inspires deliberation.
Adam Alter • Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most
disciplined action, that’s what John Cage called doing nothing in the performance instructions on 4′33″.
Ryan Holiday • Stillness Is the Key
The key isn’t not speaking at all—it’s speaking only when necessary.
Rob Walker • The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday
motto—“the most beautiful sound next to silence”—
Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
“And if I were to endeavor to bequeath to posterity the most important Motto which human language can convey, it should be in three words—SHUT-YOUR-MOUTHfn1 …. Where I would paint and engrave it, in every Nursery, and on every Bed-post in the Universe, its meaning could not be mistaken.