Tim Kreider Quotes
Idleness Is Not Just A Vacation, An Indulgence Or A Vice; It Is As Indispensable To The Brain As Vitamin D Is To The Body, And Deprived Of It We Suffer A Mental Affliction As Disfiguring As Rickets. The Space And Quiet That Idleness Provides Is A Necessary Condition For Standing Back From Life And Seeing It Whole, For Making Unexpected Connections And Waiting For The Wild Summer Lightning Strikes Of Inspiration - It Is, Paradoxically, Necessary To Getting Any Work Done.
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