To the young people of this country I wish to say: if you practice an art, be proud of it, and make it proud of you; if now you hesitate on the threshold of your maturity, wondering what rewards you should seek, wondering perhaps whether there are any rewards other than the opportunity to feed and sleep and breath, turn to the art which has moved you most readily, take what part in it you can, as participant, spectator, secret practitioner, or hanger-on and waiter at the door. Make your living any way you can, but neglect no sacrifice at your chosen altar. It may break your heart, it may drive you half mad, it may betray you into unrealizable ambitions or blind you to mercantile opportunities with its wandering fires. But it will fill your heart before it breaks it; it will make you a person in your own right; it will open the temple doors to you and enable you to walk with those who have come nearest among men to what men may sometime be.
My mantra, courtesy of Maxwell Anderson and a wonderful essay called “Whatever Hope We Have” (via lightwalks)

But I want no part in them. I don’t want to stare at some photo of me at 21 when I’m 50 and contemplate everything I was, or could have been. I don’t want to have to drown in partial truths, grasping at a falling memory to paint in details. I’d rather either remember, or not. Rather know, or forget. I’d rather be able to molt my life as it goes, letting the useless bits drop away as the important becomes more dear.
Big Contrarian, Pictures. (via ltwp)

startupquote:

If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.

- Henry Ford

startupquote:

Making a product better often requires removing features.

- Marco Arment

circadianjournal:

The Definition of Product Design 

startupquote:

Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.

- Paul Rand

Applied Physics by Acquacalda

Italian design collective Acquacalda have designed a range of kitchen gadgets based on the laws of physics, including this device for pouring exactly equal amounts of wine into four glasses.

nonspecificfindings:

Totem: customizable stackable shelves that can rotate too. Designed for Pastoe by Vincent van Duysen.

via: designboom

hurricaneblaise:

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breezyjacks:

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If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses
Henry Ford on Product Design (via victorwong)

blaisecrocker:

veekayisneato:

backwardblackbird:

sisterspock:

(via btwentyone)

No ones afraid of heights, they are afaid of falling, no ones afraid of swiming they are afraid of drowning and no ones afrain of loving they are afraid of not being loved back

breezyjacks:

simplynei:

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nestdreaming:

shaneguiter:taku007:cakeshoesace:gabsirwin

I would LOVE to live here.

Homegirl wrote this.

breezyjacks:

bobbieatworld:

luciababyy:

The fact is lollipops turn into cigarettes, the innocent ones
turn into sluts. Undies turn into thongs, and homework
turns into recyclables in the trash. Cell phones turn into
electronics hidden in class. Detention becomes suspension.
Soda becomes vodka, bikes become cars, kisses turns into sex.
Remember when getting high meant swinging on the playground?
When protection means wearing a helmet? When the worst thing
you can get from boys was cooties? Remember when your mom
was your best friend? Your biggest enemies were your siblings.
Race issues were about who ran the fastest and the only
drug you knew was cough medicine. When wearing a skirt
didnt make you a slut. The most pain you ever felt
was when you skinned your knees, and goodbyes meant
till tomorrow. we couldnt wait to grow up, but I would
give anything to go back.