"Every designer...

or photographer

should have an ongoing

conversation with 

the word editor - -

you are all journalists."

-Roger Black

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Refreshing to hear 

journalist

and 

designer

in the same sentence. 

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rad booksheld via Niko Economidis Design

I don't usually...

agree with George Lois. 

But when I do, 

I listen to things like this:

"... Campbell nailed the secret of living

a joyous, fruitful, and successful life:

Follow your bliss. 

That which you love,

you must spend your life doing,

as passionately

and as perfectly 

as your heart, mind, and instincts allow. 

And the sooner you identify

that bliss,

which surely resides in the soul

of most human beings,

the greater your chance

of a truly successful 

life."

-From his book, Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!)

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Which is a good one to read I think.

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Photo via balanceandperfection

"Time was passing...

like a hand waving

from a train

I wanted to be on.

I hope you never

have to think 

about anything

as much as I think

about you."

-Jonathan Safran Foer

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photo via Pleasing Aesthetics

"The one absolutely...

unselfish friend that a man

can have in this 

selfish world,

the one that never deserts him,

the one that never proves

treacherous or ungrateful,

is a dog."

-George Graham

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xoxo McCloskey.

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Thank you for 

keeping us safe from

the UPS man.

"Why is it so difficult...

to assemble those things

that really matter in life

and to dwell among 

them only? 

I am referring to certain 

landscapes,

persons,

beasts,

books, 

rooms,

meteorological conditions,

fruits."

-James Salter

Memorable Days: The Selected Letters of James Salter and Robert Phelps

To define...

Do you know...

what it is

to be really intimate,

to feel safe

with someone who

will never 

betray you,

will never force

you to act

unlike yourself?

That is what

we have.

-James Salter

Light Years

Writing turns you into somebody...

who's always wrong.

The illusion that you may

get it right someday

is the perversity

that draws 

you

on.

-Phillip Roth

American Pastoral

Just a...

thought.