"Who are the people who came before you? Have a little hall of fame of those people. Thinking of your work as a continuation or a lineage of those people helps sustain you on the days when it gets tough."
–– Linda Liukas (b. 1986), Finnish author, educator and illustrator
Source: The Creative Independent, Instagram December 11, 2024
"I sometimes hear about work described in terms of 'originality' or 'breakthrough,' but my personal experience is quite different. For me, music has always been about lineage. The past is reinvented and becomes the future. But the lineage is everything."
–– Philip Glass (b. 1937), American composer and musician
Source: Austin Kleon October 5, 2018.
via: Sketchbook 30, 2018, p. 67.
