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“Living life as an artist is a practice.
You are either engaging in the practice
or you’re not.
It makes no sense to say you’re not good at it.
It’s like saying, “I’m not good at being a monk.”
You are either living as a monk or you’re not.
We tend to think of the artist’s work as the output.
The real work of the artist
is a way of being in the world.”
― The Creative Act: A Way of Being
You are either engaging in the practice
or you’re not.
It makes no sense to say you’re not good at it.
It’s like saying, “I’m not good at being a monk.”
You are either living as a monk or you’re not.
We tend to think of the artist’s work as the output.
The real work of the artist
is a way of being in the world.”
― The Creative Act: A Way of Being
“If you have an idea you’re excited about and you don’t bring it to life, it’s not uncommon for the idea to find its voice through another maker. This isn’t because the other artist stole your idea, but because the idea’s time has come.”
― The Creative Act: A Way of Being
― The Creative Act: A Way of Being
“... аз ту скъсявам живота си със сатира, ту гледам да открадна някой свободен миг за лириката, ту заради насъщния се занимавам с редакторство. Каква всестранност! О, не завиждайте на трите ми специалности. И патицата ту плува, ту ходи, ту хвърчи, но колкото ѝ ходенето, толкова ѝ плуването и хвърчането.”
― Халосни патрони
― Халосни патрони
“Understanding that people are always a worse version of who they want to be is a way of loving them.”
― You Can Make Anything Sad
― You Can Make Anything Sad
“But architects are not makers of public policy, and while they can design whatever they please, they can build only what a client wants to pay for. It is not the architect’s role to solve the problem of housing the poor. It is the architect’s role to give the poor the very best housing possible when society decides it is ready to address this urgent problem. The same applies for education and health care and every other social need that can be satisfied, in part, by more and better buildings: it is the job of architects to design the best buildings, the most beautiful and civilized and useful ones, but society must be willing to address these problems before the architect can do his or her best work.”
― Why Architecture Matters
― Why Architecture Matters
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