"Size determinds an object, but scale determinds the art. If viewed in terms of scale, not size, a room could be made to take on the immensity of a solar system."

Robert Smithson (1938–1973, USA)
quoted by Sarah Sze (via artchipel)

"The most powerful inflection points in the history of mankind have come when new tools were developed to leverage and expand collective intelligence."

Bill Coleman (via stoweboyd)

"SOLITUDE is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea I call the New Groupthink, which holds that creativity and achievement come from an oddly gregarious place. Most of us now work in teams, in offices without walls, for managers who prize people skills above all. Lone geniuses are out. Collaboration is in."

The Rise of the New Groupthink - NYTimes.com

(via pablomarques)

"

The first thing you do when you sit down at the computer

…If you’re an artist, a leader or someone seeking to make a difference, the first thing you do should be to lay tracks to accomplish your goals, not to hear how others have reacted/responded/insisted to what happened yesterday.

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Seth Godin

on his blog.