I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream.
Vincent van Gogh
Artist
Labels: Work
Vincent van Gogh
Having complete freedom is probably the worst way to start a project.
Simon Collison
Web Designer
Source: “An Event Apart: Philosophy of Restraint” by Luke Wroblewski
Via: @Tictaco
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My face is very deep in the mud. I can’t see the trees or the woods or the valley or the hills. You can only follow what’s on your mind. In fact, a song is something you write because you can’t sleep unless you write it.
Joe Strummer
Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist of The Clash
Source: “Joe Strummer’s Life After Death” by Tom Vitale
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It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject; the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual.
Alexander Fleming
Biologist and Pharmacologist
Via: Chempetitive Group
Labels: Work
Let me not think of my work only as a stepping stone to something else. And if it is, let me become fascinated with the shape of the stone.
Ze Frank
Online Performance Artist and Humorist
Via: David Chartier
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Thom Chambers, Founder and Publisher at Mountain & Pacific: “It’s not just spammers and scammers who look for shortcuts. Even if you’re in this for the long haul, the temptation is there to try this little trick, or that little tactic. You see others around you rising faster or getting richer and you want to be at your destination, now.
Resist.
Remember that this isn’t about today, or this month, or this year. Do this right and you could be laying the foundations of the rest of your working life.”
Source: “How to be undeniable” by Thom Chambers
Via: @teezeng
Labels: Work
I like seeing the hand involved in all work. [What] you’re hearing out of the radio and pop music now is this big kind of congealed blob of ear candy. It works for a minute, but there’s no vulnerability there. There’s no evidence of soul there. I want to hear the performance and the people behind the performance.
JD McPherson
Singer and Songwriter
Source: “JD McPherson: When A Punk Goes Vintage” by NPR
Labels: Work
Don’t think of your portfolio as a collection of deliverables. Think of it as a collection of stories about how you do your best work.
Jared M. Spool
CEO & Founding Principal of User Interface Engineering
Source: “A Great Portfolio Isn’t a Collection of Deliverables”
Via: @elegant_ly
Labels: Work
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