"Usually, when we talk about creativity, itâ€™s about self-expression, which is great, but for work to be art or design, there has to be someone on the other end. The audience makes the work come alive."

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Source : Interview with Ryan and Tina Essmaker, thegreatdiscontent.com. April 1, 2014.

Austin Kleon

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“Many who think that they are taking life seriously are actually only taking themselves seriously. Who takes himself seriously is over conscious of his rights; who takes life seriously is fully conscious of his obligations.”
“AdiÃ³s," she added in Spanish, "I have no house only a shadow. But whenever you are in need of a shadow, my shadow is yours." "Thank you." "Sank you." "Not sank you, SeÃ±ora Gregorio, thank you." "Sank you.”
“Young children seem to be learning who to share this toy with and figure out how it works, while adolescents seem to be exploring some very deep and profound questions: How should this society work? How should relationships among people work? The exploration is: Who am I, what am I doing?”
“Everyday, it's about building a practice that enables you to try and forget that you're afraid.”
“I would take William H. Macy as a teacher any day of the week. He's incredible. He's got a lot of hard-earned experience.”
“How much that the world calls selfishness is only generosity with narrow walls,--a too exclusive solicitude to maintain a wife in luxury, or make one's children rich.”
“So on May 1, 1987, at Gary's invitation, I agreed to see him one last time - to confront him face-to-face about his sincerity and with the intention of ending our brief relationship.”
“Bilingualism is for me the fundamental problem of linguistics.”

Source : Roman Jakobson (1971). “Selected Writings: Word and Language”, p.561, Walter de Gruyter

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