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← Once material wants are satisfied, artistic needs come forward

17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 1 Feb 2002 to 6 Aug 2026.

Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under taste taste Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Once material wants are satisfied, artistic needs come forward Once material wants are satisfied,artistic needs come forward PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: An artist who supplies what others want stops being an artist — tap to centre the map on it An artist who supplies what otherswant stops being an artist OW Oscar Wilde — holds since c. 1891 — tap for who they are Same subject: The aim of art is to increase human happiness by making work happy and rest fruitful — tap to centre the map on it The aim of art is to increase humanhappiness by making work happy andrest fruitful WM William Morris — holds since c. 1883–1888 — tap for who they are Same subject: The motivation for good craftsmanship is the human urge to do something for its own sake and to do it as well as possible. — tap to centre the map on it The motivation for goodcraftsmanship is the human urge todo something for its own sake and todo it as well as possible. Last stated 3 years ago by 4 Mar 2024 ES Erik Spiekermann — holds since 2024-03-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human desires are by nature boundless, and many live only to gratify them — tap to centre the map on it Human desires are by natureboundless, and many live only togratify them AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: People are not fully determined by conditions; they decide whether to give in to them or stand up to them — tap to centre the map on it People are not fully determined byconditions; they decide whether togive in to them or stand up to them VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1962–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: Men's desires always exceed their capacity to satisfy them, so they stay discontented — tap to centre the map on it Men's desires always exceed theircapacity to satisfy them, so theystay discontented NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1514–1519 — tap for who they are Same subject: The only style worth having is the one you cannot help; setting out to develop a personal style is the wrong goal. — tap to centre the map on it The only style worth having is theone you cannot help; setting out todevelop a personal style is thewrong goal. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2002-02-01 — tap for who they are GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — 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 6 years ago 14 Apr 2021 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2021-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 4 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it A deep life is a good life CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Once material wants are satisfied, artistic needs come forward Last stated c. 1892 Holds Peter Kropotkin Read this korrent →