Maria Popova
@brainpicker
Interestingness hunter-gatherer obsessed with combinatorial creativit1
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I love this so much: Iconic painters as minimalist posters – how many can you guess? http://t.co/7XDjXHEe
"The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware." http://t.co/B0RDNVS2rg #LitJuke
Anton Chekhov on the 8 qualities of cultured people http://t.co/AlCL8WUDJz
"Very difficult to say 'love' unless you don't really mean it." @JoyceCarolOates http://t.co/G3LAh97HSu
"Sell out, and you’re really buying into someone else’s system of values, rules and rewards.” http://t.co/0vIRpBUakR
So lovely! Eero Saarinen's list of his wife's good qualities http://t.co/tE03CGT4sO
"The creative act… always operates on more than one plane." http://t.co/dhddvViVXa
"Do as much research as you can + Never copy, only get influenced." Successful designers' advice on design and life http://t.co/flmp6e07Zn
“The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.” http://t.co/msHiTre2nb
Eleanor Roosevelt, foodie http://t.co/dzuuE18X6Z
“Genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly.” http://t.co/04sXXd2D4X
Allen Ginsberg’s "celestial homework" reading list for his class on the history of the Beats http://t.co/OwDDd2S3CC
"As long as we speak & write, we’ll have type.Different voices, different messages, different media: different type." http://t.co/if9uhHXRRF
“Inspiration is for amateurs — the rest of us just show up and get to work.” Chuck Close on creativity and work ethic http://t.co/5GP4KbHp92
"Please… please don't abandon the book." Patti Smith, reconstructionist http://t.co/M1jlE69Ycf
"Sell out, and you’re really buying into someone else’s system of values, rules and rewards." http://t.co/zWIQzjzTpk
Are you associative or bisociative? The "bisociation" theory of how creativity works http://t.co/LERDNKnBAn
David Foster Wallace breaks down 5 common word usage mistakes in English http://t.co/s3CnNzk71H
"The future of type is the past of type: visual language." @espiekermann knows how to call bullshit http://t.co/HrRvFYCwmx
Good writing vs. talented writing http://t.co/sT8UgBHRUN
"This myth that early risers are good people and late risers are lazy…becomes questionable in a modern 24/7 society." http://t.co/o6XvY4M3ss
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