A quote from American writer <n>Amiri Baraka</n>.

The hardest thing to do, when you’re a creative person, is to work on something with no brief, no deadlines, and no constraints. Having a completely blank canvas is, more often than not, not the recipe for success. Because with infinite possibilities it is hard to commit to a path since a better one might be waiting in another unexplored direction.

The 1970 book cover for <n>The Effects of Noise on Man</n> by author <n>Karl D. Kryter</n>.

A quote by <n>D.H. Lawrence</n> from <n>The Marginalian</n>.

If you want to progress faster, write concise explanations. Explain ideas in simple terms, strongly and clearly, so that they can be rebutted, remixed, reworked — or built upon.

Dancers <n>Rudolf Nureyev</n> and <n>Margot Fonteyn</n> rehearsing the ballet <n>Marguerite and Armand</n>. Photo by <n>Zoe Dominic</n>.

A quote on hopefulness from <n>The Red Hand Files Issue #190</n> by <n>Nick Cave</n>.

Cover for <n>The Pain of Being Human</n> by <n>Eugene C. Kennedy</n>, published in 1974.

<n>Signs of the Times</n>, a 2017 satirical installation by <n>Scott Kelly</n> and <n>Ben Polkinghorne</n>.

A quote by <n>James Baldwin</n> from <n>Black Liturgies</n>.

The poem <n>Today I Was Happy, So I Made This Poem</n> by <n>James Wright</n>.

A quote on writing from author <n>Anne Lamott</n>.

Slowly is the fastest way to get you where you want to be.

The poem <n>My Symphony</n> by <n>William Henry Channing</n>.

Inspirational signage from <n>The Open Invite</n>.

A quote from philosopher <n>Simone Weil</n>, presented by <n>The Marginalian</n>.

A quote by author <n>Ursula K. Le Guin</n> published by <n>The Marginalian</n>.

A quote from visual artist <n>Ana Benaroya</n> published by <n>The TCI Archive</n>.

Ballet dancer <n>Sergei Polunin</n>. Photo by <n>Jacob Sutton</n>.

Check Out the Trailer for the New Sergei Polunin Film

A 1933 scrapbook page by artist <n>Hannah Höch</n>, featuring dancers <n>Gret Palucca</n> and <n>Vera Skoronel</n>.