“I’ve tried to solve this problem by keeping my own artistic endeavors low in overhead, devoid of collaborators and as free from editorial interference as possible.”
~ Tim Kreider / NYT
Tim Kreider on Art
Tim Kreider on Work
“The Puritans turned work into a virtue, evidently forgetting that God invented it as a punishment.”
~ Tim Kreider
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/the-busy-trap/
Al Burian on Work
“I was, and still am, happiest when I was doing a little bit of everything, and not taking any of it too seriously.”
~ Al Burian / Burn Collector
(Courtesy of Tim Kreider.)
https://humanparts.medium.com/what-would-your-teenaged-self-think-of-you-f2ce0c351e55
Tim Kreider on Life
“Life happens the way it does… I don’t think life happens for a reason. It’s all a big mess and you just try to make sense of it later.”
~ Tim Kreider
Tim Kreider on Vocations
“Anyone who makes the mistake of turning their passion into a vocation gets to watch it turn, like gold transmuting into lead, into a job.”
~ Tim Kreider
Tim Kreider on Freedom
“Doing what I want, and not being made to do things I don’t want to do, has been one of my main priorities in adulthood, the principle around which I’ve structured my life.”
~ Tim Kreider