"If form is mechanically applied, it may indeed result in work that is conventional, if not pedantic or stupid. But form used well can become the very vehicle of freedom, of discovering the creative surprises that liberate mind-at-play."

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Source : Stephen Nachmanovitch (1991). “Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art”, p.84, Penguin

Stephen Nachmanovitch

#Stupid Quotes #Play Quotes #Creative Quotes

“It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out. I don't appreciate worship of dead Sid Vicious or of dead James Dean or of dead John Wayne. It's the same thing. Making Sid Vicious a hero, Jim Morrison â€” it's garbage to me. I worship the people who survive. Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo.”
“Its amazing what a bit of soot and shaving can do for muscle definition, honestly.”
“The rolling stone never gathereth mosse.”

Source : John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.431
“Where there is any good disposition, confidence begets faithfulness; but distrust, if it do not produce treachery; never fails to destroy every inclination to evince fidelity. Most people disdain to clear themselves from the accusations of mere suspicion.”
“Honor is for the living. Dead is dead.”
“The right amount of complexity is what creates the optimal simplicity”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 16, 2014
“India has the opportunity to be a leader in genetic engineering, It has institutions that no other country has.”
“Son,' my father said to me, 'someday this will all be yours.”

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