How does an artist look at the world? First, you figure out what's worth stealing, then you move on to the next thing. - Austin Kleon

the best way to flourish is to retain an amateur’s spirit and embrace uncertainty and the unknown.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

You have to be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else — that’s how you’ll get ahead.