Recently Enjoyed Quotes: Summer 2020
From books, articles, podcasts, social media & more, here are some quotes I’ve highlighted, underlined, or scribbled down recently.
“Three simple rules in life: 1. If you do not go after what you want, you’ll never have it. 2. If you do not ask, the answer will always be no. 3. If you do not step forward, you will always be in the same place.”
“Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything resolves, everything flies and goes away.”
“Every species wants to survive, and each takes from the other what it needs. All are basically ruthless, and the only reason everything doesn’t collapse is because there are safeguards against those who demand more then their due. And one final limitation is an organism’s own genetics: an organism that is too greedy and takes too much without giving anything in return destroys what it needs for life and dies out.”
“I’m here to get it right—not to be right.”
“The work of antiracism is the work of becoming a better human to other humans.”
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but everything that can be changed must be faced.”
“You have to think of your brain as having two parts: the part that makes art and the part that is critical of art. Both are important, but when you are making art, you must turn off the part of your brain that is critical of art.”
“If you choose not to find joy in the snow, you will have less joy in your life but the same amount of snow.”
“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”
“At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.”
“No one needs a good laugh like the truly, deeply fucked.”
