Creativity

I remember when we met you told me about this performance art piece by Kristin Lucas called Refresh, where she legally changes her name to the same name. This piece talks about bureaucracy and corporations, but also actualizing and refreshing yourself.

Just as the title of an abstract painting by Pollock or Rothko won’t tell you about the actual painting but ... will set up a resonance, the same goes for Aphex’s titles. They act as word graphics, name images which hover in your memory as you listen. ‘I just really like the look of certain words. I try and match words up. Sometimes they exist.... See more

The best artists are often those who don’t consider themselves artists; conversely, those who do tend to be the most pretentious and annoying. [laughs] Their priorities are misplaced – they create art for the sake of being artists rather than out of genuine passion. Many jungle producers were car mechanics or painters and decorators – really... See more

“The Velvet Underground didn’t sell many records, but everyone who bought one went out and started a band.”

Many concepts that sound good on paper are infeasible to implement, or simply don’t produce the expected results. It’s frustrating when that happens, of course, but the pace of experimentation and learning at a startup is unparalleled. I think this is an especially important form of rigor for theorycels like me. Building product forces a different... See more

Creativity arises from making new connections—contemplate unexpected things together. Don’t wait for moments of inspiration to strike. Creativity is a muscle; exercise it. There’s a logic to creativity: find what works for you, break it down, and you have a process that can serve you forever. Unstructured freedom is the enemy of true creative

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The secret to being an artist and creator , which is, I think, to not give a fuck about what anyone thinks about you, or your work, but with integrity to your personal greatness. To create without inhibition, from a state of pure un-self-consciousness, without (dare I say) ego — which is the golden place where magical things happen. The place of... See more