January 19, 2012
Shawn Blanc, Writer at shawnblanc.net: “Going for it doesn’t guarantee success. But to me, that’s not entirely the point. I want to take risks, try new things, and continue to build and create. If I was guaranteed to succeed then it wouldn’t be called a risk. And if I waited for the can’t-fail moment, then I would never try anything new. The key is discerning what’s worth going for and what’s worth shelving.”
Source: “How I Test Ideas (Or: Discerning Good From Great)”
Labels: Work
July 16, 2011
“It is not the critic who counts, nor the [individual] who points out how the strong [individual] stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the [individual] who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who knows great enthusiasm, great devotion and the triumph of achievement and who, at the worst, if [s/he] fails, at least fails while doing greatly—so that [their] place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
Source: “…the best Theodore Roosevelt quote ever” by Tyron Bache
Labels: Work
July 16, 2011
Matt Tanase, Co-Founder of Slicehost, on Getting It Done: “It’s hard to fathom for someone not wanting to do their own thing. … Half the battle is just starting something and showing up. So many people talk themselves out of everything. You can ‘what if’ yourself to death. Just start moving. Start putting one foot in front of the other. And work really hard. There aren’t short-cuts. There’s nothing easy. We worked our asses off. I work my ass off now. I don’t have to work my ass off, but I’m still doing it because there are no short-cuts. Just show up and start working, and sometimes good things can happen.”
Source: “Founder Stories”: Slicehost interviewed by 37signals
Labels: Work
June 21, 2011
I like autonomous people. I want people who can take a project and figure out how to do it themselves. I don’t really care about how things get done. Only that they get done.
David Karp
Founder of Tumblr
Source: The Way I Work: David Karp of Tumblr
Via: 9-Bits
Labels: Work
May 29, 2011
Graphic Designer Milton Glaser’s answer to “What are you most proud of?”: “Staying alive and coming to work every day and still being capable of producing good work; being active in the world.”
Source: “An Afternoon with Milton Glaser” by Dwell
Labels: Work
March 24, 2011
To me, the whole thing was the doing [not the display].
Norman Gorbaty
Advertising Executive, retired, and Artist
Source: Art, Often Writ Large, Moves From the Garage to the Gallery
Labels: Work
March 7, 2011
There was no real model or precedent for what I liked to do, but when you realize that you just have to do what you do and not worry about whether or not it fits the mold or a model of what art is, then you’re truly making innovative or breatkthrough—and at the very least honest—work.
Ryan McGinness
Artist
Source: Inside the Painter’s Studio
Via: The 99 Percent
Labels: Work
