A quote for August 2026.

Written By Libby Hart

If we make one thing we’re proud of every decade, and we do this until we’re 70, what an incredible body of work. We don’t need to overproduce. People have to find their own method, and working very, very quickly is just not part of my process.

—Mindy Seu

‘Mindy Seu: On Needing Deadlines’ from a conversation with Mercedes Torrendell, The Creative Independent, 30 July 2026.

Photography by Gaelle Marcel.

Libby Hart

Libby Hart is an Australian poet who writes about the living world and the human experience. Her books include Burn, Wild, This Floating World and Fresh News from the Arctic. She is the editor of My Name Suspended in the Air, a centenary celebration of the Irish writer, Leland Bardwell.

https://libbyhartpoet.com
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