Looking only for gold "And what went wrong when other alchemists tried to make gold and were unable to do so?" "They were looking only for gold," his companion answered. "They were seeking the treasure of their Personal Legend, without wanting to actually live out the Personal Legend." Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist desire
Like everyone else "I'm like everyone else—I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does." Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist desire
Between desire and its consummation Feeling lurks in that interval of time between desire and its consummation. Aldous Huxley, Brave New World emotiondesire
Joy in the merely attainable But the really fundamental problem with desiring the unattainable is that as soon as you actually get it, it stops being unattainable. If we cannot take joy in the merely available, our lives will always be frustrated. Eliezer Yudkowsky, Rationality: From AI to Zombies happinessdesire
Write the books you want to read An Article by Austin Kleon austinkleon.com A few nights ago, I was looking at the moon and I thought, “I’d like to read a cultural history of the moon.” I googled, and there it was. My friend Matt said, “Ideally, that is exactly how one should find everything they read…and write.” It’s really that simple. You find the books you want to read… and if you can’t find them, you write them. Things Learned Blogging intuitioncreativitydesiremaking
Compositions of desire A Quote journals.sagepub.com Assemblages are passional, they are compositions of desire. There is no desire but assembling, assembled desire. Assemblages desirecollections
Results of a search This book presents results of a search, not of what is academically called research. In addition to the dedication of this book, I should like to state that my students in color have taught me more color than have books about color. Josef Albers, Interaction of Color A Search for Structure teaching