"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

30 May 2011

Pursue.

ParkeHarrison, da Vinci's Wings, 1998


Don't pursue your passion directly. At least not yet. Instead ... pursue the things that will empower you. Pursue knowledge. Be relentlessly curious. Listen, learn.

Read the rest of the 2011 commencement address to the graduating architects from the Harvard Graduate School of Design here.

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