Thursday, August 23, 2012

From the Bookshelf


Steve Jobs in his Autobiography  -

'What drove me?' I think most creative people want to express appreciation for being able to take advantage of work that's been done by others before us.

I didn't invent the language or mathematics I use. I make little of my own food, none of my own clothes. Everything I do depends on other members of our species and the shoulders that we stand on. And a lot of us want to contribute something back to our species and add something to the flow. It's about trying to express something in the only way that most of us know how ---- because we can't write Bob Dylan songs or Tom Stoppard plays. We try to use the talents we do have to express our deep feelings, to show oour appreciation of all the contributions that camme before us, and to add something to that flow. That's what has driven me.


I read this today as I finished reading Steve Jobs biography and It was weird reading something that I have been telling myself to move on every time I come to a standstill facing the chaos of life, as somebody else's words.

6 comments:

DocPriya said...

Nice post.. lovely thought..!!! :-)

Relyn Lawson said...

I do love it when that happens. It's like divine confirmation, don't you think?

Elena said...

Beautifully said!

Kyra said...

@Priya yeah

Kyra said...

@Relyn It's like realizing that there are people around who think the same ways you do and that's a very nice feeling to have :)

Kyra said...

@Elena yes beautiful