“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.” ―

“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.” ― Marlene Dietrich I don't disagree, but it seems like a minor point. The piece opens with this part about starting from scratch and the blank page. It goes through these other arts that take what they want and piece them together (graphics, music, programming). And then the solution is to keep quotes in your back pocket? Ones that's the "type of feeling you're trying to capture"? It might be useful to take notes (quotes, ideas, data) when you research, but you're still "starting from scratch". “In quoting others, we cite ourselves.” ― Julio Cortázar, Around the Day in Eighty Worlds