It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.
While human nature largely determines how we hear the notes, it is nurture that lets us hear the music.
Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit.
To have a style is to be stuck.
Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we're rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the flame catches and a new idea sweeps around the world.
We travel because we need to, because distance and difference are the secret tonic of creativity. When we get home, home is still the same. But something in our mind has been changed, and that changes everything. Several new science papers suggest that getting away is an essential habit of effective thinking. When we escape from the place we spend most of our time, the mind is suddenly made aware of all those errant ideas we'd previously suppressed. We start thinking about obscure possibilitiebsthat never would have occurred to us if we'd stayed home.
We need to be willing to risk embarrassment, ask silly questions, surround ourselves with people who don't know what we're talking about. We need to leave behind the safety of our expertise.
Me and Ma have a deal, we're going to try everything one time so we know what we like.
The more details we learn about the chemical basis of life and the intricacy of the genetic code, the more unbelievable the standard historical account becomes
You don't go into the game to compete. You go into each game to win.
I don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.