“Creativity itself doesn't care at all about results - the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens next happen, without fussing too much about it. Work like a monk, or a mule, or some other representative metaphor for diligence. Love the work. Destiny will do what it wants with you, regardless.” WantHappensCareNextProcessResultsCreativityDestinyToo MuchMetaphorRepresentativesMonkCraveDiligenceWhatever HappensMulesFussing Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“[Boxed] Multiple bouncing balls in a box are a metaphor for community. Notice how the escaping balls explode. This is what happens to people who move from Perl to Ruby.” PeopleHappensMovingCommunityBallsMetaphorBoxesMultipleEscapingRubiesPerlBouncing Ball Author:Larry Wall
“A French woman is a perfect architect in dress: she never, with Gothic ignorance, mixes the orders; she never tricks out a snobby Doric shape with Corinthian finery; or, to speak without metaphor, she conforms to general fashion only when it happens not to be repugnant to private beauty.” HappensOrderSpeakPerfectFashionIgnoranceShapesDressesMetaphorTricksArchitectConformGothicCorinthiansSnobbyFrench Woman Author:Oliver Goldsmith