Shut Up Ben - The Mind of Ben Gillin

This will hopefully be my first and only text post. Everything that follows should be a quote that I have designed.

I have been the Creative Director at Schipul since mid-2008, and over time, I ended up managing more than creating. And I miss creating.

January 1 of 2012 I ran across …

thequotecollective: I never made it to the moon, either. —Jim...

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thequotecollective:

I never made it to the moon, either.

—Jim Lovell

January 11, 2012.

This is the most inspirational quote I’ve ever heard.
Read about it from who it was said to.

Photo courtesy of the Hubble Telescope

thequotecollective: Designing is special, separate, a matter of...

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thequotecollective:

Designing is special, separate, a matter of meditation and contemplation, for me, no physical action or social sport. As much consciousness as possible. Clarity, completeness, quintessence, quiet. No noise, no schmutz, no schmerz, no fauve schwarmerei. Perfection, passiveness, consonance, consummateness. No palpitations, no gesticulation, no grotesquerie. Spirituality, serenity, absoluteness, coherence. No automatism, no accident, no anxiety, no catharsis, no chance. Detachment, disinterestedness, thoughtfulness, transcendence. No humbugging, no button-holing, no exploitation, no mixing things up.

—Ad Reinhardt

January 10, 2012.

1959

“Painting,” as in the original quote, has been replaced with “Designing” as per this designer.

thequotecollective: Get it right or let it alone. The...

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thequotecollective:

Get it right or let it alone. The conclusion you jump to may be your own.

—James Thurber

January 9, 2012.

1956

thequotecollective: We will now all be tested. It is these...

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thequotecollective:

We will now all be tested. It is these times, it is this pain, that allows us to look inside ourselves.

—Coach Eric Taylor

January 8, 2012.

The closing monologue to Friday Night Lights season 1, episode 1, The Pilot.
Part III of III.

thequotecollective: We must carry this in our hearts: That what...

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thequotecollective:

We must carry this in our hearts: That what we have is special. That it can be taken from us, and that when it is taken from us, we will be tested. We will be tested to our very souls.

—Coach Eric Taylor

January 7, 2012.

The closing monologue to Friday Night Lights season 1, episode 1, The Pilot.
Part II of III.