Search results for “books 2016”
Umberto Eco on the Future of the Book
“The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once invented, it cannot be improved. You cannot make a spoon that is better than a spoon.”
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Story Behind Newton’s Famous Metaphor for How Knowledge Progresses
How hubris and humility conspired in illuminating the nature of creativity.
Charles Darwin’s Touching Letter of Appreciation to His Best Friend and Greatest Champion
“You are the one living soul from whom I have constantly received sympathy… I never forget for even a minute how much assistance I have received from you.”
Physicist and Writer Alan Lightman on the Shared Psychology of Creative Breakthrough in Art and Science
An exquisite account of those moments that feel “like a great hand has suddenly grabbed hold and flung you across the surface like a skimming stone.”
Simone Weil on the Relationship Between Our Rights and Our Responsibilities
“The notion of obligations comes before that of rights, which is subordinate and relative to the former. A right is not effectual by itself, but only in relation to the obligation to which it corresponds.”
The Story of How Alice in Wonderland Was Born and Amanda Palmer’s Magnificent Brass Band Cover of “White Rabbit”
“One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small…”
Anna Dostoyevskaya on the Secret to a Happy Marriage: Wisdom from One of History’s Truest and Most Beautiful Loves
How to nurture a love that “would stand as a firm wall,” that “won’t let you fall, and it gives warmth.”
Art as Experience: John Dewey on Why the Rhythmic Highs and Lows of Life Are Essential to Its Creative Completeness
“In life that is truly life, everything overlaps and merges.”
Patti Smith, Umberto Eco, and Other Celebrated Contemporary Authors Offer Their Advice to Aspiring Writers
“Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don’t make compromises, don’t worry about making a bunch of money… If you build a good name, eventually, that name will be its own currency.”
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