March 2011
16 posts
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”
– Creative Original Me
Dance Pickle! Dance!
“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do...”
– Helen Keller
"Try not to work for stupid people or you’ll soon...
I really love these words of wisdom from Wieden+Kennedy’s Executive Creative Director, John C Jay: 10 Lessons for young designers. Thanks to swissmiss for the find. Good stuff…
Be authentic. The most powerful asset you have is your individuality, what makes you unique. It’s time to stop listening to others on what you should do.
Work harder than anyone else and you will always benefit...
“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
– Bertrand Russell
“What I cannot create, I cannot understand.”
– Richard Feynman
“I am not young enough to know everything.”
– Oscar Wilde
“I do not wish [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.”
– Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
Happy International Women’s Day! If you’d like read more wise words from Ms. Wollstonecraft (mother of Mary Shelley), check out our Pforzheimer Collection.
(via nypl)
“Great success, like DNA, is constructed of a few basic building blocks:...”
– From the February 28, 2011 NYT article, From Lab to Red Carpet: Natalie Portman, Oscar Winner, Was Also a Precocious Scientist. 