Hannah Orozco

@hannahpatriciao

Lately I have been reading a lot about The Internet and what it’s doing to us. I find it funny, if a little tedious. Because of course there’s no canonical experience of Being Online. Other than being followed around by mystifying ads because you clicked on something or, as they say, “fit a demographic,” there is no “us.” Everyone’s time here is di
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from There is no "us" by Bijan Stephen
“Limit everything to the essential but do not remove the poetry.”

— Dieter Rams, quoted in Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams
from Dieter Rams
I’ve come to believe that developing taste is not so unlike going to therapy; it’s an inefficient, time-consuming process that mostly entails looking inward and identifying whatever already moves you.
from Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It
One of my (many) contrarian beliefs is that we do not have strong enough preferences. We often blame social media or the speed of information as the reason why we’re easily distracted, but the real reason behind our inability to focus has less to do with the sheer quantity of media and more to do with our laziness when it comes to distinguishing wh... See more
If a person seems to have a good grasp of a book or other artistic or aesthetic object, by all means be willing to let the conversation flow in that direction, because you will end up staring right into that person’s soul.
from Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World by Daniel Gross
The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.
from The role of the artist
Developing taste is an exercise in vulnerability: it requires you to trust your instincts and preferences, even when they don’t align with current trends or the tastes of your peers. Because while having taste is cool, taste itself reflects a certain type of uncool earnestness – a commitment to one’s own obsessions and quirks.
from Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It
Philosopher and author Albert Camus on the excuses we allow ourselves to live by:

"Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it."

from There is no "us" by Bijan Stephen

from Dieter Rams

from Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It

from Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World by Daniel Gross

from The role of the artist

from Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It