Quotes About Resourcefulness

Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.

Mother: "He used to say that you could lock me in a closet and I'd still get something out of it. I guess that's true." An

Some of the most brilliant things that someone might do could happen in three minutes because it's something that just occurs to them. And then, there's the example of really chipping away at something to create something great. I don't believe that one is more reliable than the other.

It is plainly evident that, in a country where land was to be had for the asking, fuel for the cutting, corn for the planting and harvesting, and game and fish for the least expenditure of labor, no man would long serve for another, and any system of reliable service indoors or afield must fail.

My studio was lo-fi by necessity; I was fourteen with no reliable income.

When you're only source of income is a $20 allowance and you rely on a Razor scooter to get around, life's not that serious.

Imagination and invention go hand in hand. Remember how lack of resources was never a problem in childhood games? Shift a few pieces of furniture around the living room, and you have yourself a fort.

I remember, when I was a little kid playing with the 25 Legos I had, I thought, 'If I just had a camera, I could film different setups and make it look like I have way more Legos and tell a story.' I didn't get a camera, though, until I basically got an iPhone.

I rent space on a farm for 15 dollars a month, and I have the use of about a quarter of an acre.

I knew I wouldn't be able to afford to rent a studio as well as get a home that I was excited about. So I was like, if I can do both in one, I can just about make it work.

I remember my mom would read the newspaper, and if she saw a place that was cheaper in rent, we were gone. She'd pack everything up, move the furniture and we were out of there.

Over the years, with hunting, I think what's become my favorite part of hunting is how self-sufficient I'm becoming.

Frugality was my side hustle. I was really good at it.

When I am on my board, I always have my ID, ChapStick and maybe a $20 bill, because you never know when you'll need to buy a water or something.

I think the press mistakenly thought that all of these 'mumblecore' filmmakers were banded together in a similar ideology, but the truth is that we were all just using the same digital camera and helping each other make our movies because we were broke, and we were the only idiots willing to do it.

For me, the scale of the budget is part of the creative process. 'Swingers' is the movie it is because we made it for exactly the right budget. Had it been made for a higher number, it would not have been as imaginative as we had to make it, given the budget constraints we had.

Creativity is a business imperative.

To see somebody create something from nothing is incredibly impressive.

I think that I can improv.

Sometimes we had to improvise. I hate to improvise because I felt like I couldn't find words.

One can only improvise what one knows.

My job is to hire the best and brightest employees and empower them to do their best work. As a manager, I am not a mind reader nor an expert at every job function. Therefore, it is incumbent on all hires to feel empowered to tell me what resources they need to do their job.

If you only have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

The fuckin' cavemen had it right. They knew. An afternoon's work killing a dinosaur and live off it for a couple of weeks.