Some Quotes for November 2024 (#31)
Tim Kreider, Neil Gaiman, Iris Murdoch, Aldous Huxley, Douglas Hofstadter, Proverbs, Pablo Picasso, David Graeber
Link = source I've actually read/endorse. No link = random, out-of-context snippet I was able to track down on the internet. (Some of these are advice—others I just enjoy the language or sentiment.)
If we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known. –Tim Kreider
From “Make Good Art”: People keep working in a freelance world…because their work is good, because they are easy to get along with, and because they deliver the work on time. And you don’t even need all three. Two out of three is fine. People will tolerate how unpleasant you are if your work is good and you deliver it on time. They’ll forgive the lateness of the work if it’s good, and if they like you. And you don’t have to be as good as the others if you’re on time and it’s always a pleasure to hear from you. –Neil Gaiman
Self-knowledge will lead us to avoid occasions of temptation rather than rely on naked strength to overcome them. –Iris Murdoch
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach. –Aldous Huxley
Anyone who gives you a simple answer to a complicated problem is either a liar or a fool. –unknown
From Gödel, Escher, Bach: A system of reasoning can be compared to an egg. An egg has a shell which protects its insides. If you want to ship an egg somewhere, though, you don’t rely on the shell. You pack the egg in some sort of container, chosen according to how rough you expect the egg’s voyage to be. To be extra careful, you may put the egg inside several nested boxes. However, no matter how many layers of boxes you pack your egg in, you can imagine some cataclysm which could break the egg. –Douglas Hofstadter
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his stupidity. –Proverbs 26:11
When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine. –Pablo Picasso
The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently. –David Graeber
Tim Kreider hit the nail on the head!