Sep 11, 2011
"I love making the stuff, that’s sort of the core of it. I love creating the stuff. It’s so satisfying to get from the beginning to the end, from a shaky nothing idea to something that’s well formed and the audience really likes. It’s like a drug: You keep trying to do it again and again and again. I’ve learned from experience that if you work harder at it, and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work."

Louis C.K., via Frank Chimero’s Blog

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Sep 10, 2011
"This is an important lesson to remember when you’re having a bad day, a bad month, or a shitty year: things will change. You won’t feel this way forever. Sometimes the hardest lessons to learn are the ones your soul needs most. I believe you can’t feel real joy unless you know what it means to fail.
— Kelly Cutrone, If You Have to Cry, Go Outside"

Curly Braces - Blog - Sometimes the hardest lessons to learn are the ones your soul needs most.

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Aug 4, 2011

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Aug 3, 2011

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Aug 1, 2011
(via FFFFOUND! | Nickel Cobalt)

(via FFFFOUND! | Nickel Cobalt)

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Jul 31, 2011
Wise words, beautiful work.
(via grain edit · Owen Gatley)

Wise words, beautiful work.

(via grain edit · Owen Gatley)

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tags / illustration / want / wisdom
Jul 7, 2010
SimpleBits: On moving work

It’s been interesting going through work that’s several years old. Much of it doesn’t exist anymore. Gone. Vanished. All that hard work, thinking, stressing… poof. It’s a nice reminder of what’s important, and the reality of the ever-evolving web. A lot of this junk is just temporary. 

Sometimes this depresses me when I think about what we do. Architects build monuments that last for centuries. Authors craft stories that, if well told, live forever. But the web is so transient, so fleeting — how long can anything we make really stick around? Will any of my work survive even the next 5 years? It’s a different kind of craftsmanship; it only meets the demands of the moment. Makes me wish I built furniture instead.

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Jul 2, 2010
FFFFOUND! | Tumblr

FFFFOUND! | Tumblr

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Jun 30, 2010
Postcard Front (by supercoolspyclub)

Postcard Front (by supercoolspyclub)

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Jun 29, 2010
"Whatever comes,” she said, “cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it."

Frances Hodgson Burnett (A Little Princess) (via misswallflower)

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Jun 28, 2010
"I ran the only way I knew how..by placing one foot in front of the other in quick succession."

Dr. Rick Dagless, M.D (via tmblg, willw)

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Jun 18, 2010
FFFFOUND! | paper n stitch – Katie Daisy : The Wheatfield - A daily dose of handmade, design, and style inspiration

FFFFOUND! | paper n stitch – Katie Daisy : The Wheatfield - A daily dose of handmade, design, and style inspiration

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Jun 10, 2010
Making it Lovely | Transforming the so-so. » Blog Archive » Inexpensive Custom Sized Roller Shades

This will be perfect for whenever I finally get around to buying ikea blinds.

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tags / wisdom / tips / home / interior design
May 30, 2010
"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time."

Leonard Bernstein | Quotes on Design

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May 28, 2010
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