"Under-promise. Over-deliver."
Feng Zhu – concept artist.
Love, Creating & Taking Risks
Friday, August 24, 2012
“I went out with a guy who was in the medical field, but the issue is—and this is not specific to creatives because there are many people that feel this way—that our goal as creatives is to work as long as humanly possible because work is not work to us. Work is the thing we love to do. If we could, we would do it all the time. The ultimate goal of most people in other fields is to stop working as soon as possible.”
"Most FAQs are NAQs."
My man, @samuelcotterall
"Design doesn’t need to be delightful for it to work, but that’s like saying food doesn’t need to be tasty to keep us alive."
Frank Chimero
"We are all wiser than we were yesterday."
A thought
"A sunflower seed and a solar system are the same thing; they both are whole systems. I find it easier to pay attention to the complexities of the smaller than to pay attention to the complexities of the larger. That, as much as anything, is why I’m a craftsman. It’s a small discipline, but you can put an awful lot into it."
Adam Smith, knife maker
"What the hell was the point of such emotions if you didn’t experience them once in a while"
R.J.Ellory, City of Lies
"We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness."
ref. Thinking Fast and Slow
Next time I’m invited somewhere, I will use this.
"We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out."
Ray Bradbury
"Nothing moves as quickly and spreads so far as a good story."
Frank Chimero, The Shape of Design
"What if you could only ‘like’ one photo a day? Share one thought a week? Friend 50 people?"
