Schlagwort: quotes

  • May 15, 2025 at 09:35PM

    “This book is not a recipe book. Nor is it a travel guide. Recipes diminish personal initiative; travel guides make things too comfortable. Few will choose the arduous path through unexplored terrain when an easier one lies conveniently nearby. But creative design is undoubtedly a tightrope walk. Missteps and even complete failures are always possible,…

  • November 11, 2024 at 03:25PM

    “If we perceive the juxtaposition and depth in our environment not just as a series of images in our minds, but as a three-dimensional structure (which in turn defines our thinking), then and only then will we escape the visual chaos of our surroundings and can turn to planning.” Ulf Jonak, Grundlagen der Gestaltung (in…

  • September 3, 2024 at 04:32AM

    To be “against” narrative identity is to recognize that we’re unreliable narrators. Unreliable both because we’re too close to ourselves to get a clear picture, and because we could never accurately reduce who we are to a single story. Nico Chilla, “On Rejecting Narrative Identity”, 2022 Source: https://www.are.na/editorial/on-rejecting-narrative-identity Source: My after‑hours blog on Tumblr Code &…