When you're on to something great, it won't feel like revolution. It'll feel like uncommon sense.
- Derek Sivers
2 Jul
2011
22 May
2010
Avoid fields. Jump fences.
Disciplinary boundaries and regulatory regimes are attempts to control the wilding of creative life.
via Bruce Mau, in his Incomplete manifesto for growth
22 May
2010
Make your own tools.
Hybridize your tools in order to build unique things.
via Bruce Mau, in his Incomplete manifesto for growth
22 May
2010
Be careful to take risks.
Time is genetic. Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow. The work you produce today will create your future.
via Bruce Mau, in his Incomplete manifesto for growth
22 May
2010
Begin anywhere.
John Cage tells us that not knowing where to begin is a common form of paralysis. His advice: begin anywhere.
via Bruce Mau, in his Incomplete manifesto for growth
22 May
2010
Capture accidents. The wrong answer is the right answer in search of a different question.
Collect wrong answers as part of the process. Ask different questions.
via Bruce Mau, in his Incomplete manifesto for growth
22 May
2010
Process is more important than outcome.
When the outcome drives the process we will only ever go to where we've already been.
via Bruce Mau, in his Incomplete manifesto for growth
22 May
2010
Forget about good. As long as you stick to good you'll never have real growth.
via Bruce Mau, in his Incomplete manifesto for growth
22 May
2010
A strong concept can drive decisions about form, while formal experiments can lead to powerful concepts.
via Ellen Lupton
22 May
2010
Make prototypes - small scale testing, iterative process.
A prototype is a preliminary design, typically one of many iterations that will
become progressively more refined as viable ideas are identified and others
weeded out.
Try everything, but don’t try it all in one prototype. Learn by doing. If you fail, what will you have learned?
via Ideo
22 May
2010
Operative STRATEGY rather than conservationist PLANNING.
via Metapolis dictionnary of advanced architecture
22 May
2010
Projective IDEA rather than erudite ANALYSIS.
via Metapolis dictionnary of advanced architecture
22 May
2010
Balance trance and appraisel.
Keep them separate: moments of trance, of being in the work on the one hand, and moments of appraisel, of judgment, on the other.
via Eric Maisel
22 May
2010
Remember the most important split second in your life as an artist
Each day, the second you say YES or NO to the work: learn to say YES.
via Eric Maisel in Fearless Creating
21 May
2010
Asking “Why?” can lead to understanding. Asking “Why not?” can lead to breakthroughs.
via Daniel Pink in A whole new mind
Personal development quotes. Illustrated quotes are moved to The Mind's Eye
Sammy Dellicour
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