Quotes

by David Pennington · updated 9mo ago

"Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand." - Mark Twain
David Pennington added 9mo ago
Love and hate, hope and fear are also only different conditions of our murky inner life through which our spirit looks either toward the light or toward the shadows. If we look through those murky organic surroundings toward the light, then we love and hope; if we look toward the darkness, then we hate and fear.
from More light- Austin Kleon
David Pennington added 10mo ago
Goethe - how he studied color colored his understanding of life.
Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit – all these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided.

It’s the sound of failure: so much of modern art is the sound of things going out of contr
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from The Homebound Symphony by ayjay
David Pennington added 10mo ago
To be a gardener is to give a fuck. To be a gardener is to be invested in a place—to know it, to protect it, to be present to it. How can we protect and heal ourselves and our planet if we’re not willing to step into, and value, the role of the gardener?
from Audacious Gardening: On Daring to Care by Wonderground
David Pennington added 10mo ago
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