“Science may not be as intimate as the medical profession; nonetheless, it certainly is a community in which ideas are often shared as contributions, not as proprietary things.” MayIdeasCommunityProfessionMedicalIntimateContributionMedical Profession Author:Lewis Hyde
“All that we make and do is shaped by the communities and traditions that contain us, not to mention by money, power, politics, and luck. And even should the artist or scientist think she has extracted herself from the world to stand alone in the studio, a tremendous array of faculties and mind-states may well attend her creativity.” ThinkingWorldShouldMindWellsMayStatesArtistCommunityCreativityTraditionScientistLuckStudiosFacultyStand AloneMoney PowerPower Politics Book:Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership Source: Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership
“For the slow labor of realizing a potential gift the artist must retreat to those Bohemias, halfway between the slums and the library, where life is not counted by the clock and where the talented may be sure they will be ignored until that time, if it ever comes, when their gifts are viable enough to be set free and survive in the world.” IfsWorldMayEnoughLife IsArtistRealizingLaborLibraryClockIgnoredRetreatHalfwaySlumsBohemia Book:The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World Source: The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
“The gift moves towards the empty place. As it turns in its circle it turns towards him who has been empty-handed the longest, and if someone appears elsewhere whose need is greater it leaves its old channel and moves toward him. Our generosity may leave us empty, but our emptiness then pulls gently at the whole until the thing in motion returns to replenish us. Social nature abhors a vacuum.” IfsNeedsMayHas BeensWholeMovingTurnsSocialGreaterReturnEmptyCirclesGenerosityEmptinessElsewhereVacuumsEmpty Places Book:The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World Source: The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
