"It’s easier to copy a style or idea that works than try something that might miss the mark or outright fail…When we over-saturate ourselves in other people’s work it short-changes our own creative development."
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Owen Shifflet, Consumption: How Inspiration Killed, Then Ate, Creativity
Science is no stranger to these aspects of design. We are content with the burden of literature and we forget the need to start—from time to time—with a blank sheet of paper.
(via mitten)
