William S. Burroughs // "What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty and above all it eats creativity. It eats quality and shits out quantity. There was a time when the machine ate in moderation…and what it ate was replaced. Now the machine is eating faster…much faster than it can be replaced… The machine is eating it... See more
In the mid-1970s, he developed a system called Oblique Strategies to help people maintain a creative state.
Let me walk through the problem that Eno was trying to solve.
He believes that enthusiasm and alertness are key components of creativity. However, he noticed that artists tend to struggle with maintaining these qualities when working under... See more