“The most important thing is that the work has to be solid [in terms of its formal structure] and that the work accomplishes what it strives to achieve. It has to be genuine - not mannered or stylistically driven.” ImportantTermAchieveIntegrityImportant ThingsStructureStriveAccomplishDrivenGenuineFormalStrife Author:Wayne Thiebaud
“Where can you find purpose? Like success and happiness, our purpose exists in the present, and we constantly strive toward the future to maintain it. What it is for which we strive is up to each of us. The important thing is that we strive toward something.” ImportantPurposeImportant ThingsStrive Book:The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life Source: The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life
“Dostoevsky's underground man ... observes his contemporaries striving to establish false goals where there are no naturally generated ones. ... He argues they should be conscious and honest enough to recognize that the goal itself is not an absolute, and probably not even important. A strong attachment to the telos indicates that the spontaneous enjoyment the child once took in road-building has waned.” MenShouldChildrenImportantEnoughStrongGoalHonestBuildingConsciousAbsolutesStriveArguingEnjoymentAttachmentSpontaneous Author:John Carroll