Tuesday 31 January 2023

Quotes: Barbara Hemphill

"All of us are born with more talent than others in some arena of life, but innate skill doesn't automatically produce success. Practice and training does."

–– Barbara Hemphill, American organizational expert 

Source: Elle Decoration UK, May 2016, p. 95. 

via: Sketchbook 26, 2022, p. 125.

Monday 30 January 2023

Quotes: Albert Einstein

"Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living."

–– Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born American theoretical physicist 

via: Sketchbook 26, 2022, p. 132.

Sunday 29 January 2023

Quotes: Sigmund Freud

"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing." 

–– Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis 

via: Sketchbook 29, 2016, p. 33.  

Saturday 28 January 2023

Quotes: Giorgio Armani

"A home should always feel like a portrait of the person who lives there." 

–– Giorgio Armani (b. 1943), Italian fashion designer 

via: Sketchbook 29, 2016, p. 30. 

Friday 27 January 2023

Quotes: Arthur Rubinstein

"To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have houses, music, paintings – it's all a miracle, I have adopted the technique of living life miracle to miracle." 
–– Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982), Polish-born American pianist 

via: Sketchbook 28, 2016, p. 147.

Thursday 26 January 2023

Quotes: Pema Chödrön

"Place the fearful mind in the cradle of lovingkindness." 

–– Pema Chödrön  (b. 1936), American Buddhist nun and author 

via: Sketchbook 28, 2016, p. 146.

Wednesday 25 January 2023

Quotes: Alex Pentland

"It is not simply the brightest who have the best ideas; it is those who are best at harvesting ideas from others. It is not only the most determined who drive change; it is those who most fully engage with like-minded people. And it is not wealth or prestige that best motivates people; it is respect and help from peers." 

–– Alex Pentland (b. 1951), American computer scientist, author, serial entrepreneur 

Source: Alex Pentland Social Physics. from Austin Kleon blog May 13, 2016.

via: Sketchbook 28, 2016, p. 134. 

Tuesday 24 January 2023

Quotes: Joseph Campbell

"The only difference between the mystic and the artist is that the artist has a craft that ties him to the world."

–– Joseph Campbell (1904-1987), American author and professor 

via: Sketchbook 28, 2016, p. 123. 

Monday 23 January 2023

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. 

Sunday 22 January 2023

Quotes: Albert Einstein

"Everybody's a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it's stupid."

–– Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born American theoretical physicist 

via: Sketchbook  28, 2016, p. 92. 

Saturday 21 January 2023

Quotes: John Thackara

"To do things differently, we must see things differently." 

–– John Thackara (b. 1951), British writer, adviser, public speaker, & curator of Doors of Perception conference (re: design) 

Source: Elle Decoration UK, March 2016, p. 19.

via: Sketchbook 28, 2016, p. 91.

Friday 20 January 2023

Quotes: Charles Eames

"We have to take pleasure seriously." 

–– Charles Eames (1907-1978), American designer, architect, and filmmaker 

via: Sketchbook 28, 2016, p. 80.

Thursday 19 January 2023

Quotes: Sir Alec Issigonis

"A camel is a horse designed by a committee." 

–– Sir Alec Issigonis (1906-1988), British-Greek automotive designer; designer of the Mini, launched in 1959 

via: Sketchbook 28, 2016. p. 79.

Wednesday 18 January 2023

Quotes: Margaret Thatcher

"Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits for they become your character. And watch your character for it becomes your destiny." 

–– Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British stateswoman and former British Prime Minister (1979-1990) 

via: Sketchbook 28, 2015, p. 45.

Tuesday 17 January 2023

Quotes: Eleanor Roosevelt

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." 

–– Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), American author, activist, diplomat, political figure, and First Lady. 

via: Sketchbook 28, 2015, p. 42.

Monday 16 January 2023

Quotes: Vicente Wolf

"In the most successful spaces, you don't see everything at once. The more time you spend in them, the more you discover. They open up like flowers." 

–– Vicente Wolfe (born in the 1950s), Cuban-born American interior designer 

via: Sketchbook 28, 2015, p. 12. 

Sunday 15 January 2023

Quotes: Marcus Aurelius

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."

–– Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD), Roman Emperor and Stoic Philosopher 

via Sketchbook 28, 2015, p. 9. 

Saturday 14 January 2023

Quotes: Elsie de Wolfe

"What is the goal? A house that is like the life that goes with it; a house that gives us beauty as we understand it, and beauty of a nobler kind that we may grow to understand." 

–– Elsie de Wolfe (1859-1950), American actress, author, and interior decorator 

via: Sketchbook 28, 2015, p. 8.

Friday 13 January 2023

Quotes: Marshall McLuhan

"I'm making explorations. I don't know where they're going to take me. ... I want to map new terrain rather than chart old landmarks... As an investigator, I have no fixed point of view, no commitment to any theory – my own or anyone else's. As a matter of fact, I'm completely ready to junk any statement I've ever made about any subject if events don't bear me out, or if I discover it isn't contributing to an understanding of the problem. The better part of my work on media is actually somewhat like a safe-cracker's. I don't know what's inside; maybe it's nothing. I just sit down and start to work. I grope, I listen, I test, I accept and discard; I try out different sequences – until the tumblers fall and the doors swing open." 

–– Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980), Canadian philosopher 

Source: Austin Kleon tumblr August 26, 2015 

via: Sketchbook 28, 2015, p. 2.

Thursday 12 January 2023

Quotes: Rainer Maria Rilke

"Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer."

–– Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist 

via: Sketchbook 27, 2015, p. 76. 

Wednesday 11 January 2023

Quotes: Guillaume Apollinaire

"Come to the edge," he said.

"We can't, we're afraid," they responded.

"Come to the edge," he said.

"We can't, we will fall," they responded.

"Come to the edge," he said.

And so they came.

And he pushed them.

And they flew."

–– Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish-Belarusian descent. 

via: Sketchbook 27, 2015, p. 74.

Tuesday 10 January 2023

Quotes: Jane Goodall

"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."

–– Jane Goodall (b. 1934), English primatologist and anthropologist 

via: Sketchbook 26, 2022, p. 147.

Monday 9 January 2023

Quotes: Jean-Paul Sartre

"Life begins on the other side of despair." 

–– Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), French philosopher and writer 

via: Sketchbook 26, 2022, p. 145.

Sunday 8 January 2023

Quotes: Jean-Luc Godard

"He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch." 

–– Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022), French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic 

via: Sketchbook 26, 2022, p. 133. 

Saturday 7 January 2023

Quotes: Seneca

"Difficulties strengthen the mind as labour does the body."

–– Seneca (4 BC - AD 65), Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman 

via: Sketchbook 26, 2022, p. 133.

Friday 6 January 2023

Quotes: Ruth Bader Ginsberg

"Fight for the things you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you."

–– Ruth Bader Ginsberg (1933-2020), American lawyer & jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020 (her death). 

via: Sketchbook 26, 2022, p. 131.

Thursday 5 January 2023

Quotes: Jon Acuff

"Be brave enough to suck at something new." 

–– Jon Acuff, American author and motivational speaker 

via: Sketchbook 26, 2022, p. 130.

Wednesday 4 January 2023

Quotes: Albert Einstein

"If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it." 

–– Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born American theoretical physicist 

via: Sketchbook 26, 2022, p. 129.

Tuesday 3 January 2023

Quotes: Epictetus

"You become what you give your attention to." 

–– Epictetus (50-135 A.D.), Greek stoic philosopher 

via: Sketchbook 26, 2022, p. 127.

Monday 2 January 2023

Quotes: Milton Avery

"Art is like turning corners: one never knows what is around the corner until one has made the turn." 

–– Milton Avery (1885-1965), American painter 

via: Sketchbook 26, 2022, p. 124.

Sunday 1 January 2023

Quotes: Shel Silverstein

Colors

My skin is sort of brownish 

Pinkish yellowish white. 

My eyes are greyish blueish green, 

But I'm told they look orange in the night. 

My hair is reddish blondish brown, 

But it's silver when it's wet. 

And all the colours I am inside 

have not been invented yet.

–– Shel Silverstein (1930-1999), American writer, poet, cartoonist, songwriter, playwright 

Source: Shel Silverstein. Where the Sidewalk Ends. 1974, p. 24. 

via: Sketchbook 25, 2015, p. 42.