當你覺得你又再為惱人的事煩的時候， 我建議你多跟眼界廣的人交談， 你會在談話當中發現自己把時間花在不值得的事是多麼浪費。 套一句我們欣動力黃董說的： 「庸人的世界，說閒話是他們的休閒娛樂。透過批評優秀人種，來換得他們劣等人種的自我感覺良好。」 想一想，這其實滿可悲的。 Gossip is a career success killer. The book, As A Gentleman Would Say, offers some great advice about gossip. “When a gentleman is asked to substantiate a rumor… He does not say: ‘Let me put it this way: I’m not going to say yes, I’m not going to say no.’ ‘I think I know the truth, but I better not say it.’ ‘Don’t you have any better way to waste your time?’ But he does say: ‘I don’t know the truth about that, so I’d prefer not to say anything.’ Don’t say anything if you don’t know about the truth and don’t judge people before you’re in his shoes. I love the saying from the book ‘don’t you have better way to waste time?’ G. Hsu #gossipisakiller #ilovewastingtimewithsomethingmeanighful #lookhigherup

【藝術家介紹-3 X 線索II-仲生與眾聲】 霍剛 1932年生於中國南京。曾遠赴義大利，長居米蘭50年，近年返台定居。1949年隨國民政府來台，1950年進入台北師範學校藝術科就讀。因緣際會受教於李仲生，思想畫藝受其影響至為深遠，成為1960年代達到高峰的「台灣現代藝術運動」代表人物之一。 早期創作主為超現實主義風格，作品充滿神秘主義與奇異性，然而此時創作的形制已開始著眼於幾何圖形的表現。定居於米蘭後，霍剛確立個人幾何抽象的創作途徑，並專注於繪畫本質的探究，從繪畫的基本元素：點、線、面與色塊，進而發展到整體構圖的研究，從中發展合乎藝術家體質的抽象表現。作品從「點」的元素出發，進行關乎畫面配置的哲學，生成各自的存在性。畫風從早期的實驗、沈鬱逐漸蛻變成近期的開朗、明快。霍剛的抽象語法以「減法」運行，簡約也蘊含詩意，建構了一個更具包容性的抽象世界，也呼應東方哲理主張萬物相容再生、孕育無限。 Ho Kan Ho Kan was born in Nanjing, China in 1932. He used to live in Milan, Italy for five decades and only moved back to Taiwan recently. In 1949, the artist followed the Nationalist Government to settle down in Taiwan, and enrolled in the Fine Art Department of Taiwan Provincial Normal School in 1950. Due to unexpected opportunity, Ho became Li Chun-Shan’s student, whose thinking has been a lasting influence throughout Ho’s career. Ho is considered one of the representative figures of Taiwan’s modern art movement that peaked in the 1960s. Ho’s earliest work reveals a surrealistic style informed by mysticism and singularity and demonstrates his attention to geometric shapes that he would develop later. After he settled down in Milan, Ho established his style of geometric abstraction and dedicated his time to exploring the nature of painting. He employed basic elements such as dots, lines, planes and color blocks to carry out his study of composition, refining his individual abstract expression with this approach. He usually starts with the element of “dots,” from which he then arranges the overall image to substantiate the existence of all elements in his work. Ho’s painting style has also shifted from an experimental and somber style visible in his earlier works to a brighter, livelier one visualized by his recent works. Using the approach of “reduction” to construct his abstraction, Ho’s work is simple as it is poetic, showing a more encompassing world of abstract expression while echoing the Eastern philosophy that believes all things are mutually complementing and unlimitedly regenerating. #abstractart #abstractpainting #abstract #abstract_art #oilpainting #oilpaintings #taiwan

【藝術家介紹-3 X 線索II-仲生與眾聲】 霍剛 1932年生於中國南京。曾遠赴義大利，長居米蘭50年，近年返台定居。1949年隨國民政府來台，1950年進入台北師範學校藝術科就讀。因緣際會受教於李仲生，思想畫藝受其影響至為深遠，成為1960年代達到高峰的「台灣現代藝術運動」代表人物之一。 早期創作主為超現實主義風格，作品充滿神秘主義與奇異性，然而此時創作的形制已開始著眼於幾何圖形的表現。定居於米蘭後，霍剛確立個人幾何抽象的創作途徑，並專注於繪畫本質的探究，從繪畫的基本元素：點、線、面與色塊，進而發展到整體構圖的研究，從中發展合乎藝術家體質的抽象表現。作品從「點」的元素出發，進行關乎畫面配置的哲學，生成各自的存在性。畫風從早期的實驗、沈鬱逐漸蛻變成近期的開朗、明快。霍剛的抽象語法以「減法」運行，簡約也蘊含詩意，建構了一個更具包容性的抽象世界，也呼應東方哲理主張萬物相容再生、孕育無限。 Ho Kan Ho Kan was born in Nanjing, China in 1932. He used to live in Milan, Italy for five decades and only moved back to Taiwan recently. In 1949, the artist followed the Nationalist Government to settle down in Taiwan, and enrolled in the Fine Art Department of Taiwan Provincial Normal School in 1950. Due to unexpected opportunity, Ho became Li Chun-Shan’s student, whose thinking has been a lasting influence throughout Ho’s career. Ho is considered one of the representative figures of Taiwan’s modern art movement that peaked in the 1960s. Ho’s earliest work reveals a surrealistic style informed by mysticism and singularity and demonstrates his attention to geometric shapes that he would develop later. After he settled down in Milan, Ho established his style of geometric abstraction and dedicated his time to exploring the nature of painting. He employed basic elements such as dots, lines, planes and color blocks to carry out his study of composition, refining his individual abstract expression with this approach. He usually starts with the element of “dots,” from which he then arranges the overall image to substantiate the existence of all elements in his work. Ho’s painting style has also shifted from an experimental and somber style visible in his earlier works to a brighter, livelier one visualized by his recent works. Using the approach of “reduction” to construct his abstraction, Ho’s work is simple as it is poetic, showing a more encompassing world of abstract expression while echoing the Eastern philosophy that believes all things are mutually complementing and unlimitedly regenerating. #abstractart #abstractpainting #abstract #abstract_art #oilpainting #oilpaintings #taiwan