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In the book "Art & Fear," a ceramics teacher divides his class into two groups to grade them differently—one on the QUANTITY of work produced and the other on the QUALITY of a single piece.
Surprisingly, the best and most creative ceramics were made by the QUANTITY group. This illustrates that repeated practice and learning from mistakes lead t
... See moreMemory can be distorted in many ways. People interpret a story in light of their world knowledge, imposing order where none had been present so as to make a more logical story. Memory is a reconstruction. We cannot remember every aspect of an event, so we remember those elements that have greatest emotional significance for us, and we fill in the g
... See moreMark A. McDaniel • Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Medium • Towards digital psychedelia and the radical dilation of time
Much of art’s greatness is felt on a gut level. Your self-expression allows the audience to have their own self-expression. If your work speaks to them, it is of no consequence if you are heard and understood.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
People are always going to forget.
Weinschenk Susan • 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter)
The nearest we get to a widespread ‘philosophy of history’ in the Middle Ages is, as I have said, the frequent assertion that things were once better than they are now.
C. S. Lewis • The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature
In brief, to write a history, we must know more than mere facts. Human nature, viewed under an induction of extended experience, is the best help to the criticism of human history. Historical characters can only be estimated by the standard which human experience, whether actual or traditionary, has furnished. To form correct views of individuals w
... See moreHomer • The Iliad
Art forgery is a strange phenomenon. “You might think that the pleasure you get from a painting depends on its color and its shape and its pattern,” says psychology professor Paul Bloom. “And if that’s right, it shouldn’t matter whether it’s an original or a forgery.” But our brains don’t work that way. “When shown an object, or given a food, or sh
... See moreAustin Kleon • Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Austin Kleon)
Leonardo da Vinci wrote, a century after Cennini: And take a note… with slight strokes in a little book that you should always carry with you… preserved with great care; for the forms, and positions of objects are so infinite that the memory is incapable of retaining them, wherefore keep these sketches as your guides and masters.