mantras
Generosity is not timidity, empathy or availability
Poet Marianne Moore offers a simple life strategy: "I've made it a principle not to be over-influenced by minor disappointments."
similarly - don’t be over-influenced by awkwardness
Miles Davis // "Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself."
instagram.comShe ran her hand over her shorn head again, felt a stirring of pride mixed up with the pressure that was tightening in her like a bolt being turned into place. Her hair was a declaration, not an admission. All things should be declarations, not admissions.
Maggie Shipstead • Great Circle: the dazzling, instant New York Times bestseller
"If we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known"
I like the term generalist, it’s one of the best descriptions of my career(s) and also a good representation of something I see as vital: being able to understand different domains and translate between them.
Patrick Tanguay • Generalists
Talking or writing about the things you're interested in is a good way to generate new ideas. When you try to put ideas into words, a missing idea creates a sort of vacuum that draws it out of you. Indeed, there's a kind of thinking that can only be done by writing.
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
Always stick to what makes you weird, odd, strange, different. That’s your source of power.
Robert Greenetwitter.com