“Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he is but a poor master who makes only a single figure well.” MenWellsActionPoorResultsFiguresProducePaintingMastersEmbraceFortuitous Book:Notebooks Source: Notebooks
“science has now been for a long time - and to an ever-increasing extent - a collective enterprise. Actually, new results are always, in fact, the work of specific individuals; but, save perhaps for rare exceptions, the value of any result depends on such a complex set of interrelations with past discoveries and possible future researches that even the mind of the inventor cannot embrace the whole.” MindLongWholeFactsPastScienceValuesIndividualResultsDependsLong TimeResearchDiscoveryEmbraceComplexesEnterpriseCollectivesExceptionInventor Book:The Simone Weil Reader Source: The Simone Weil Reader
“Most people focus on the wrong thing; They focus on the result, not the process. The process is the sacrifice; it's all the hard parts - the sweat, the pain, the tears, the losses. You make the sacrifices anyway. You learn to enjoy them, or at least embrace them. In the end, it is the sacrifices that must fulfill you.” PeopleEndsHardPainProcessEnjoyLossResultsFocusSacrificeTearsEmbraceSweatWrong Things Book:My Fight / Your Fight Source: My Fight / Your Fight
“Culture matters. Of course, if physicians are rewarded or penalized for their service and results, the culture will change. But the key values we doctors are being pressed to embrace are humility, teamwork, and discipline.” IfsMatterValuesCultureCoursesResultsHumilityKeysDisciplineDoctorsEmbraceTeamworkPhysicians Author:Atul Gawande