“Experimental artists build their skills gradually over the course of their careers, improving their work slowly over long periods. These artists are perfectionists and are typically plagued by frustration at their inability to achieve their goals.” LongArtistCoursesGoalCareersAchievePeriodsSkillsFrustrationImprovingInabilityPerfectionist Book:Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity Source: Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity
“Each era invents its own child. Over the past 500 years, conceptions of the child changed gradually from an ill-formed adult who must be subjugated to society's goals to a precious being who must be protected from unreasonable social demands. Childhood has come to be seen as a special period of life, rather than as a temporary state of no lasting importance for adulthood.” YearsChildrenStatesPastSocialGoalChangeChildhoodSpecialChangedPeriodsDemandAdultsImportanceIllErasLastingTemporaryConceptionProtectedAdulthoodOver The PastUnreasonable Author:Sandra Scarr
“It never feels good if you don't reach all of your goals, neither in sport, nor in business nor in your personal life. But the key thing is to never give up, we have taken our learnings from 2014 and developed an exciting and promising strategy for the period up until 2020.” IfsLifeGivingFeelsSportsGoalTakenKeysPeriodsGiving UpExcitingStrategyFeel GoodPersonal LifeNever Giving UpKey Things Author:Herbert Hainer
“As the head of the government, it is my responsibility to make the overriding political goals and relationships more clear. Part of the reason the public didn't understand some of the reforms enacted during the past legislative period was that there was far too much talk about the details, while the general picture often remained invisible.” ReasonGovernmentPastPoliticalGoalResponsibilityClearToo MuchPeriodsDetailsInvisibleReform Author:Angela Merkel