Quotes 280: E. H. Gombrich

"Delight lies somewhere between boredom and confusion." 

–– Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich (1909-2001), Austrian-born British art historian 

via Sketchbook 5, 2008, p. 8

Quotes 279: Michaela Coel

"Write the tale that scares you. That makes you feel uncertain. That isn't comfortable. I dare you. In a world that entices us to browse through the lives of others, and to in turn feel the need to be constantly visible –– for visibility these days seems to somehow equate to success –– don't be afraid to disappear from it, from us, for a while and see what comes to you in the silence." 

–– Michaela Coel (b. 1987), Ghanaian-British actress, screenwriter, and director

via Austin Kleon

Quotes 278: Thomas Merton

"... one cannot truly know hope unless he [or she] has found out how like despair hope is."

–– Thomas Merton (1915-1968), American Trappist monk, writer, scholar, and social activist 

via Sketchbook 4, 2008, p. 143

Quotes 277: Albert Einstein

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." 

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

via Sketchbook 4, 2008, p. 139 

Quotes 276: Brenda Case Scheer

"Like the proliferation of economic poverty, aesthetic poverty affects us all. Our interaction with the impoverished environment of strip malls and burger joints coarsens us, limits our options, dismisses the subtleties of the natural world, and trains us to see nothing that is not loud, red, and obnoxious." 

–– Brenda Case Scheer (b. 1951), American urban designer, architect, and writer, from The Culture of Aesthetic Poverty (Titanium, 1999) 

via Sketchbook 4, 2008, p. 129

Quotes 275: Henry David Thoreau

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, one will meet with success unexpected in common hours." 

–– Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American essayist, philosopher, and poet 

via Sketchbook 4, 2008, p. 110 

Quotes 274: Pablo Picasso

"To be young, really young, takes a very long time."

–– Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Spanish artist 

via Sketchbook 4, 2008, p. 108