"Collecting is having all the pearls lose on the table, curating is stringing them together into a necklace."

"Provenance is no longer merely the nicety of artists, academics, and wine makers. It is an ethic we expect."

"Most people don’t make things. Never have. Never will. It’s not necessarily a point of pride for those of us that do, but more a question of people’s innate desires."

A good explanation from Patrick Rhone about why he curates the web with his various blogs.