Mateo
- Dying was nothing and he had no picture of it nor fear of it in his mind. But living was a field of grain blowing in the wind on the side of a hill. Living was a hawk in the sky. Living was an earthen jar of water in the dust of the threshing with the grain flailed out and the chaff blowing. Living was a horse between your legs and a carbine under ... See more
from Life in the Afternoon | Esquire | FEBRUARY, 1962
Taste is developing a refined sense of judgment and finding the balance that produces a pleasing and integrated whole.
from Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda
Seriousness saddles the work with a burden. It misses the playful side of being human. The chaotic exuberance of being present in the world. The lightness of pure enjoyment for enjoyment’s sake.
from The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
- Mice: What do you mean by good writing as opposed to bad writing?
Your correspondent: Good writing is true writing. If a man is making a story up it will be true in proportion to the amount of knowledge of life that he has and how conscientious he is; so that when he makes something up it is as it would truly be. If he doesn’t know how many people ... See morefrom Monologue to the Maestro | Esquire | OCTOBER 1935
- La libertad, Sancho, es uno de los más preciosos dones que a los hombres dieron los cielos; con ella no pueden igualarse los tesoros que encierra la tierra ni el mar encubre; por la libertad, así como por la honra, se puede y debe aventurar la vida, y, por el contrario, el cautiverio es el mayor mal que puede venir a los hombres.
from Segunda parte del ingenioso caballero Don Quijote de la Mancha
- Mice: How can a writer train himself?
Y.C.: Watch what happens today. If we get into a fish see exactly what it is that everyone does. If you get a kick out of it while he is jumping remember back until you see exactly what the action was that gave you the emotion. Whether it was the rising of the line from the water and the way it tightened like a... See morefrom Monologue to the Maestro | Esquire | OCTOBER 1935
- “In the past, jobs were about muscles. Now they’re about brains, but in the future, they’ll be about the heart.”
from Opinion | When Your Technical Skills Are Eclipsed, Your Humanity Will Matter More Than Ever