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Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under design design Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under ambition ambition Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: It is a misconception that artists must be miserable to make good art It is a misconception that artists must bemiserable to make good art Last stated 8 years ago 6 Mar 2019 TS Taylor Swift — holds since 2019-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is harder for a writer to portray happiness meaningfully than to portray suffering. — tap to centre the map on it It is harder for a writer to portrayhappiness meaningfully than toportray suffering. Last stated a year ago 20 Jun 2025 TG Tanner Greer — holds since 2025-06-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: People should feel free to enjoy art they love regardless of the artist's personal failings or beliefs. — tap to centre the map on it People should feel free to enjoy artthey love regardless of the artist'spersonal failings or beliefs. Last stated 5 years ago 14 Apr 2021 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2021-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Putting a price on creative expression makes it suffer, while giving it away freely lets it thrive. — tap to centre the map on it Putting a price on creativeexpression makes it suffer, whilegiving it away freely lets itthrive. Last stated 5 months ago 23 Apr 2026 MA Mari Andrew — holds since 2026-04-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Often people mistake the depth of thought needed to create something that coheres for making something that looks aesthetically simple, which is almost never the case of anything great. — tap to centre the map on it Often people mistake the depth ofthought needed to create somethingthat coheres for making somethingthat looks aesthetically simple,which is almost never the case ofanything great. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 JY Jason Yuan — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making art is a job you turn up to whether or not you feel inspired, and the work only arrives for people who are already at the desk. — tap to centre the map on it Making art is a job you turn up towhether or not you feel inspired,and the work only arrives for peoplewho are already at the desk. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Aug 2026 SP Steven Pressfield — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are NC Nick Cave — holds since 2021-06-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: You can be creative within any set of constraints, so long as you understand what they are and get excited about them rather than resent them. — tap to centre the map on it You can be creative within any setof constraints, so long as youunderstand what they are and getexcited about them rather thanresent them. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SK Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good writing requires wanting to tell people something, which AI itself lacks. — tap to centre the map on it Good writing requires wanting totell people something, which AIitself lacks. Last stated 4 months ago 28 May 2026 JF Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2026-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The less two people on a team interact, the more they vilify each other's point of view — which is where "the artists just don't get it" comes from. — tap to centre the map on it The less two people on a teaminteract, the more they vilify eachother's point of view — which iswhere "the artists just don't getit" comes from. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 JK Jeff Kaplan — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Creation can improve mental well-being — tap to centre the map on it Creation can improve mentalwell-being Last stated 3 years ago 8 Aug 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-08-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Long stretches of being disconnected -- no internet, no phone, no people -- are what make creative work possible. — tap to centre the map on it Long stretches of being disconnected-- no internet, no phone, no people-- are what make creative workpossible. Last stated 7 months ago 3 Mar 2026 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2016-07-27 — tap for who they are DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: People are natural-born creators, and creating is important to human satisfaction. — tap to centre the map on it People are natural-born creators,and creating is important to humansatisfaction. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: The world worth seeking is one built on the impulse to create rather than the desire to keep or seize possessions — tap to centre the map on it The world worth seeking is one builton the impulse to create rather thanthe desire to keep or seizepossessions BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1918 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it A free person thinks about deathleast of all; their wisdom is ameditation on life, not death BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest. — tap to centre the map on it Ambition does not equate withhappiness: in the Harvard agingcohort it was the people who livedaverage lives who reported beinghappiest. Last stated a month ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Big leaps forward are sprints inspired by a hunch — tap to centre the map on it Big leaps forward are sprintsinspired by a hunch Last stated 2 years ago 13 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities. — tap to centre the map on it Building the life you actually wanttakes discipline: to work out whatyou want, and to turn down cool,lucrative opportunities. Last stated a month ago 28 Aug 2026 RH Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are
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