Creative people are all there, totally immersed, fascinated and absorbed in the present, in the current situation, in the here-now, with the matter-in-hand.
There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence and freedom. Secondly, we have what we may call the desire for reputation or prestige.
It seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to learn enough from blunders to correct them eventually.
In order for us to become truly happy, that which we can become, we must become.
The key question isn’t, ‘What fosters creativity?’ But it is, ‘Why isn’t everyone creative?’
My feeling is that the concept of creativeness and the concept of the healthy, self actualizing, fully human person seem to be coming closer and closer together, and may perhaps turn out to be the same thing.
False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment, anger and hopelessness.
Well why not a technology of joy, of happiness?
The spiritual life is part of the human essence. It is a defining characteristic of human nature, without which human nature is not fully human.
Love, safety, belongingness and respect from other people are almost panaceas for the situational disturbances and even for some of the mild character disturbances.
Laugh at what you hold sacred, and still hold it sacred.
The fact that people who create are good workers tends to be lost.
Secrecy, censorship, dishonesty, and blocking of communication threaten all the basic needs.
Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.
We have got to abandon the sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle if anybody created anything.
He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail.
We are dealing with a fundamental characteristic, inherent in human nature, a potentiality given to all or most human beings at birth, which most often is lost or buried or inhibited as the person gets enculturated.
It is vital that people “count their blessings:” to appreciate what they possess without having to undergo its actual loss.
Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack of common sense. Interest in your work can be called cowardice. Generosity can be called soft-headedness, and observe : the former is disturbing.
Fear of knowing is very deeply a fear of doing.