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Albert Einstein on the Interconnectedness of Our Fates and Our Mightiest Counterforce Against Injustice
“There is [a] human right which is infrequently mentioned but which seems to be destined to become very important: this is the right, or the duty, of the individual to abstain from cooperating in activities which he considers wrong or pernicious.”
Literary Constellations: Astronomy-Inspired Visualizations of the Opening Sentences of Beloved Books
From Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to The Time Machine, data art meets literature.
In the Company of Women: Wisdom and Advice on the Creative Life from Beloved Women Artists, Makers, and Entrepreneurs
Neko Case, Nikki Giovani, Tavi Gevinson, Maira Kalman, Debbie Millman, Carrie Brownstein, and more.
Do: Sol LeWitt’s Electrifying Letter of Advice on Self-Doubt, Overcoming Creative Block, and Being an Artist
“You belong in the most secret part of you. Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool.”
Colette on Writing, the Blissful Obsessive-Compulsiveness of Creative Work, and Withstanding Naysayers
“A lack of money, if it be relative, and a lack of comfort can be endured if one is sustained by pride. But not the need to be astounded.”
The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt on the Normalization of Human Wickedness and Our Only Effective Antidote to It
“Under conditions of terror most people will comply but some people will not… No more is required, and no more can reasonably be asked, for this planet to remain a place fit for human habitation.”
Marcus Aurelius on How to Motivate Yourself to Get Out of Bed in the Morning and Go to Work
“You don’t love yourself enough. Or you’d love your nature too, and what it demands of you.”
November 9, 1928: The Trial of Radclyffe Hall and Virginia Woolf’s Exquisite Case for the Freedom of Speech
“Writers produce literature, and they cannot produce great literature until they have free minds. The free mind has access to all knowledge and speculation of its age, and nothing cramps it like a taboo.”
Jennifer Egan on Writing, the Trap of Approval, and the Most Important Discipline in Creative Work
“You can only write regularly if you’re willing to write badly… Accept bad writing as a way of priming the pump, a warm-up exercise that allows you to write well.”
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