Quotes: David Berman

"Writing, for me, is not the act of a master. It is through stupidity; it's through writing 100 bad lines, you get to the one good line. The most important skill, the most important quality that I need to get through that is just to keep my ego together and my esteem together." 

–– David German (1967-2019) American musician, singer, poet, and cartoonist 

Source: Austin Kleon August 30, 2019. 

via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook I 2019-2020, 2020, p. 47.

Quotes: George Sowden

"[Ettore] Sottsass didn't care about copyright and neither do Nathalie [Du Pasquier] and I. People who copy designs aren't worth bothering about: they don't know what to do themselves and in that sense it is quite sad. They are using someone else's energy and diluting it. Creativity is a sacred thing, and if there's a copy of a copy of a copy, it doesn't produce anything except stupidity." 

–– George Sowden (b. 1942), British designer and product developer 

Source: Emma Love. 'Working in Memphis.' Elle Decoration UK, March 2016, p. 136-141. Quote is from page 141. 

via: Sketchbook 28, 2016, p. 91.