A quote from Mark Twain's Own Autobiography
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A quote from Mark Twain's Own Autobiography
“Mostly, we authors must repeat ourselves - that's the truth. We have two or three great and moving experiences in our lives - experiences so great and moving that it doesn't seem at the time anyone else has been so caught up and so pounded and dazzled and astonished and beaten and broken and rescued and illuminated and rewarded and humbled in just... See more
A quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Where do new ideas come from if not some alchemical blending of old ideas? In order to invent, one first needed a proper inventory, a bank of existing ideas to draw on. Not just an inventory, but an indexed inventory. One needed a way of finding just the right piece of information at just the right moment.
Joshua Foer • Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
“There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.” — Marie Antoinette
Sacha Meyers • Bitcoin Is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of Capitalism
Clouds never truly disappear. They change form. They turn into rain and become part of the ocean, and then evaporate and return to being clouds. The same is true of art. Art is a circulation of energetic ideas. What makes them appear new is that they’re combining differently each time they come back. No two clouds are the same.