Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery
Miles DavisRead
Don't be afraid of mistakes - There are none.
Interpretation
Mistakes are non-existent; they are merely part of the learning process.
Miles Davis suggests that we should not fear making mistakes, as they are not actual failures but rather essential opportunities for growth and learning. Embracing mistakes can lead us toward innovation and creativity, allowing us to break free from self-imposed limitations.
In practice
During a workshop on innovation, the facilitator quoted Miles Davis to encourage participants to explore their creative ideas without the fear of failure.
Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery
Joao Gilberto on guitar could read a newspaper and sound good.
I was minding my own business when something says to me, "you ought to blow trumpet." I have just been trying ever since.
When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
Don't play what's there, play what's not there.
My ego only needs a good rhythm section
Always there should be a little mistake here and there - I am for it. The people who don't do mistakes are cold like ice. It takes risk to make a mistake. If you don't take risk, you are boring.
Thus I, gone forth, as spiders do, In spiderβs web a truth discerning, Attach one silken strand to you For my returning.
If you have problems of conduct that are difficult and hard to settle, I will furnish you with solutions, for I not only know matters of practice and duty, but I even know them beforehand.
By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.
Sweat more during peace: bleed less during war
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