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An inspiration engine for ideas
His intelligence and imagination were clear. But when you got to know him, what stood out was his ambition.
Steven Levy • In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
He used to suffer and anguish over losing songs, he said, but now he trusts.
Elizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“Our great secret is Wuling Yang.”
Paul Theroux • Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China
He conducts an ongoing interrogation about what it all means. What’s black culture? What’s hip-hop? What are the responsibilities of a society and the people in it? And his inquiry isn’t bloodlessly academic, either; there’s something very consequential about his approach.
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson • Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
He put his life in my hands. So that made me do something I didn’t think I could do.”
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
Since almost every word Wolfe wrote was autobiographical, nearly all his characters based closely on real people, there had always been a risk of prosecution.
A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
Thomas Mann
Joseph Campbell • The Power of Myth
How many gorgeous sunrises in a row can we appreciate? We get bored, even with greatness.