are you innovative or just rich with a lot of free time / space to make art and access to expensive materials
“What was the nature of the universe into which she had been born? Why did it exist at all? If it had a purpose, what was it? These seemed to her the only questions worth exploring. And the only valid technique evolved by humans for exploring such questions was the scientific method, a robust and self-correcting search for the truth. Yet it had become obvious to her since about the age of twelve that science as it had progressed so far – physics, chemistry, biology, all the rest – had only inched towards grappling with the true questions, the fundamentals. Those questions had only been addressed by theologians and philosophers, it seemed to her. Unfortunately, their answers were a mush of doubt, self-delusion and flummery that had probably done more harm than good. And yet that was all there was.”— Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter - The Long War
“Thus each of us had to be content to live only for the day, alone under the vast indifference of the sky.”— Albert Camus, The Plague
have you ever had to restart a song because you spaced out and weren’t appreciating it enough
“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.”— Carrie Fisher on pursuing dreams despite mental illness [X] (via sheholdsyoucaptivated)
