To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
What I didn't understand was that the value of some new acquisition wasn't the difference between its retail price and what I paid for it. It was the value I derived from it. Stuff is an extremely illiquid asset. Unless you have some plan for selling that valuable thing you got so cheaply, what difference does it make what it's "worth?" The only way you're ever going to extract any value from it is to use it. And if you don't have any immediate use for it, you probably never will. -- Paul Graham
While I’ve always appreciated beautiful code, I share Jonathan’s concern about studying it too much. I think studying beauty in music and painting has led us to modern classical music and painting that the majority of us just don’t get. Beauty can be seen when it emerges, but isn’t something to strive for in isolation of a larger context. In the software world, the larger context would be the utility of the software to the end user. -- [A comment on a blog]
It's no trick for talented people to be interesting, but it's a gift to be interested. We want an organization filled with interested people. -- Randy S. Nelson (dean of Pixar University)
All creativity is an extended form of a joke. -- Alan Kay
If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger. -- Frank Lloyd Wright
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb
Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. – Ancient Indian Proverb
You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing. ~Philippos
We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret. ~Earl Nightingale