A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.” ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Category: Creative Links
Weekly Design Links – 04/12/22
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
Weekly Design Links – 04/05/22
“We are so overwhelmed with quantities of books, that we hardly realize any more that a book can be valuable, valuable like a jewel, or a lovely picture, into which you can look deeper and deeper and get a more profound experience very time. It is far, far better to read one book six times, at intervals, than to read six several books.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Apocalypse
Weekly Design Links – 03/29/22
“Criticizing is easy and fast. Creating is difficult and slow. The two hours you spent on a book or movie usually took two years to produce. Anyone can tear down someone else’s work. The true test of insight is whether you can help them improve it or build something of your own.” – Adam Grant
Weekly Design Links – 03/22/22
“That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.”
― Dave Grohl
Weekly Design Links – 03/15/22
“If a man with a dog sits quietly enjoying music and smiling, his dog might sit down beside him and smile, too. But who knows whether the dog is having a comparable experience or whether the dog is simply happy that his master is happy.” – Oliver Sacks
Weekly Design Links – 03/08/22
“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.” ― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
Weekly Design Links – 03/01/22
“Our true nationality is mankind.” ― H.G. Wells
Weekly Design Links – 02/22/22
“Rice is great if you’re really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.”–Mitch Hedberg
Weekly Design Links – 02/15/22
“I suppose I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.” ― Tennessee Williams