Tom McElligott on the Work
If you know what you want to do and you do it, that’s the work of a craftsman. If you begin with a question and use it to guide an adventure of discovery, that’s the work of the artist. The surprises along the way can expand your work, and even the art form itself.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
The work is the point, and my work is unique. If I can do something that people find useful, then I should. It doesn’t matter if it’s a masterpiece or not, as long as I enjoy it. I’ve got my own weird angle on things that’s a useful counter-melody in the big orchestra of life.
Derek Sivers • Hell Yeah or No: what’s worth doing
My entire philosophy of how I organize myself as a working painter can be summed up by something George Carlin said: “Just keep movin’ straight ahead. Every now and then you find yourself in a different place.”
You hear a lot in art school about how painters must continue to “grow” and “evolve”—but I think those are such bullshit words. There is gre... See more
You hear a lot in art school about how painters must continue to “grow” and “evolve”—but I think those are such bullshit words. There is gre... See more
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
Knowledge is best applied through execution, which means whatever doesn’t help you make progress on your projects is probably detracting from them.
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
find something that’s under-appreciated, not being addressed, or being overlooked, and get really good at it...If you become the foremost expert at something, you make yourself indispensable.
Billy Oppenheimer • SIX at 6: What You’re Made For, John Lennon’s Tea, The Mundanity of Excellence, A Seminal Event, The Common Denominator, and Bob Knight’s Advice - Billy Oppenheimer
“The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life.” —Jessica Hische