Joshua Aiz

“When pain reaches a certain point, then it has reached the limit and can be no worse.”
― Carl Panzram, The Panzram Papers

“Zoom in and obsess. Zoom out and observe. We get to choose.”
― Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

“The goal is to commit to a structure that can take on a life of its own, instead of creating only one of the mood strikes. Or to start each day with the question of how and when you're going to work on your art.”
― Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

“Reality is never and nowhere more accessible than in the immediate moment of one’s own life. It’s only there that it can be won or lost. All it guarantees us is what is superficial, the facade. But one must break through this. Then everything becomes clear.

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There is no route map of the way to truth. The only thing that counts is to make the venture of total dedication. A prescription would already imply a withdrawal, mistrust, and therewith the beginning of a false path. One must accept everything patiently and fearlessly. Man is condemned to life, not to death… There’s only one thing certain. That is one’s own inadequacy. One must start from that.”
― Franz Kafka