Quotes About Creativity And Motivation

#1. Companies have to nurture [creativity and motivation]-and have to do it by building a compassionate yet performance-driven corporate culture. In the knowledge economy the traditional soft people side of our business has become the new hard side.

Gay Mitchell

#2. Hopefully, you will glimpse something of your own life's journey and with Elemental's Power of Illuminated Love, possibly recognize and celebrate something you had not been able to recognize or celebrate before.

Luther E. Vann

#3. Those who seize the day become seriously rich.

Richard Koch

#4. The paradox of relaxation is the renewal of mind; rekindle of spirit and revitalize of strength.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#5. Indeed, my first interest in the pioneer work of Doctor Freud sprang, not from a concern for persons wounded in their collisions with reality, but from my personal curiosity about the nature of creativity and the springs of motivation. So

Trevanian

#6. Let your creative and imaginative mind run freely; it will take you places you never dreamed of and provide breakthroughs that others once thought were impossible.

Idowu Koyenikan

#7. If you're struggling to "think outside the box" remember the box is self-imposed. Who says it has to be a box? Why not a bowl of petunias?

Ryan Lilly

#8. Intrinsic motivation is conducive to creativity; controlling extrinsic motivation is detrimental to creativity.

Daniel H. Pink

#9. Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration,motivation, and a pinch of creativity

Bo Bennett

#10. Death might appear to destroy the meaning in our lives, but in fact it is the very source of our creativity. As Kafka said, "The meaning of life is that it ends." Death is the engine that keeps us running, giving us the motivation to achieve, learn, love, and create.

Caitlin Doughty

#11. You have to pay for this view (onto which he looks while writing), so our expenses keep us pretty motivated to write. It's a vicious cycle.

Pat Conroy

#12. Writing keeps death at bay. Every book I write is a triumph over death ... If we did not know we'd die, we'd wander around and sleep like cats.

Ray Bradbury

#13. Constantly scanning the world for the negative comes with a great cost. It undercuts our creativity, raises our stress levels, and lowers our motivation and ability to accomplish goals.

Shawn Achor

#14. Originality of mind untainted,
And enthusiasm for life, unlimited.

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

#15. It's called "being an artist" for a reason; it's something YOU ARE. It's how you live. It's WHO you are. How you spend your life and what you leave behind.

Charlotte Eriksson

#16. The point is not to be the best, but to be the best you can be.

Ken Robinson

#17. An adversity is an opportunity to exercise and maximize your creativity.

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

#18. There is always a place in the world for those who are willing to give of their time, energy, capital, creativity, and commitment.

Tony Robbins

#19. Panic is the great access of creativity because that's the only way to get rid of your mind.

Shekhar Kapur

#20. So... are you also chasing butterflies?

Natasha Tsakos

#21. The willingness to be a champion for stupid ideas is the key to greater creativity, innovation, fulfillment, inspiration, motivation and success.

Richie Norton

#22. Arts without a spiritual relative is like frying buns with water.

Michael Bassey Johnson

#23. Many of us learned to repress our creativity. We were told it was secondary to more important skills. The good news is that many of us have untapped gifts just waiting to be expressed. You owe it to yourself to uncover and express your gifts

Renae A. Sauter

#24. Spend more time doing things that make you forget about the time.

Charlotte Eriksson

#25. Celebrate your life now, as it unfolds.
Turn away from judgement and negative theories about your worth, your potential, and your destiny. See what you already have.

Danny Gregory

#26. Survival is for the human animal; fear the motivation. For the spiritual being survival is irrelevant. Curiosity, compassion and creativity are the name of the game; unconditional love the motivation.

Peter Shepherd

#27. The ultimate resources are EMOTIONAL STATES:
Creativity, decisiveness, passion, honesty, sincerity, love
these are the ultimate human resources and when you engage these resources you can get any other resource on earth.

Tony Robbins

#28. A young pianist & composer who has demonstrated an exceptional creativity, in both his playing & his writing, as well as showing us all, his very strong commitment & motivation to aim for high musical goals. Talent like his is rare.

Steve Lacy

#29. When we connect to Creator, our sacred character develops.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#30. Virtually everyone needs motivation of some sort, but when you are in love - that is motivation enough, it turns many into poets and painters, it spurs the creativity in you.

Bernard Kelvin Clive

#31. Inspiration is everywhere.

Charlotte Eriksson

#32. For artists, scientists, inventors, schoolchildren, and the rest of us, intrinsic motivation-the drive to do something because it is interesting, challenging, and absorbing-is essential for high levels of creativity.

Daniel H. Pink

#33. I can't help but to wonder and write.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#34. Money can extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, encourage unethical behavior, foster short-term thinking, and become addictive.

Daniel H. Pink

#35. There is one rule, though: once you discover your truth, you have to go all in. Fully. Every single chip.

Kamal Ravikant

#36. That's it! Stretch way beyond your perceived limitations..Go for yours like you own it already, because you truly do.

Sereda Aleta Dailey

#37. Lewis created a new kind of marriage between theological reflection and poetic imagination.

Alister E. McGrath

#38. Creativity is more important than imagination because it requires action.

Matthew Donnelly

#39. The sooner you finish procrastinating, the sooner you can get back to your art.

Stephanie Lennox

#40. Write the words on your heart.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#41. Every child should be taught how to read, write and think.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#42. The intrinsic motivation principle of creativity, which holds, in part: "Intrinsic motivation is conducive to creativity; controlling extrinsic motivation is detrimental to creativity."11

Daniel H. Pink

#43. Creative minds doesn't get tired.

Amit Kalantri