"Creativity arises out of the state of thoughtless presence in which you are much more awake than when you are engrossed in thinking."
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"I was the baby of the family, but I was never babied, and that allowed me to take whatever artistic temperament I had and apply learned discipline. I was taught how to work. I think that's everything. Creativity and imagination alone are not going to get you there."
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"If your dominant intent is to feel joy while you are doing the work, your triad of intentions - freedom, growth and joy - will come quickly and easily into alignment. See your "career" as one of creating a joyful life experience. You are not a creator of things or a regurgitator of what someone else has created or a gatherer of stuff. You are a creator, and the subject of your creation is your joyful life experience. That is your mission. That is your quest. That is why you are here."
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"When you are in the field of creativity, you lose track of time. Only the flow exists."
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"I think the Bhagavad Gita is about both the forces of light and the forces of darkness that exist within our own self, within our own soul; that our deepest nature is one of ambiguity. We have evolutionary forces there - forces of creativity, and love, and compassion, and understanding. But we also have darkness inside us - the diabolical forces of separation, fear and delusion. And in most of our lives, there is a battle going on within ourselves."
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"We should embrace what makes us different, our different styles, our creativity. You should wear whatever seems true to you. If that means wearing a tux, if that means wearing a short dress, a floor-length dress, or whatever the case is - do what feels right to you. Try not to get in trouble though!"
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"I mean, even when it's really simple, there's so much amazing beautiful creativity that can come out of that."
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"You want to know about creativity? Just go out and buy that book Imagine by Jonah Lehrer. It's only $29.00 in hardcover."
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"The only unique contribution that we will ever make in this world will be born of our creativity."
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"It's so important to unclutter the mind. For me, creativity is greatly impeded just by the chatter and visual clutter of life. It's really important to have a space that is really clear for whatever is emerging to come."
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"The way to establish a relationship with Spirit and access the power of this creating principle is to continuously contemplate yourself as being surrounded by the conditions you wish to produce."
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"Two resources, largely untapped in American organizations, are potential information and employee creativity"
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"Creativity inspires me."
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"A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree."
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"Each truth that a writer acquires is a lantern, which he turns full on what facts and thoughts lay already in his mind, and behold, all the mats and rubbish which had littered his garret become precious. Every trivial fact in his private biography becomes an illustration of this new principle, revisits the day, and delights all men by its piquancy and new charm."
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"Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work."
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"If you are wiling to do something that might not work, you are closer to being an artist."
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"The enemy of fear is creativity."
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"The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies" of others."
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"The enemy of creativity... is fear. We're all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid. A surprising insight: an enemy of fear is creativity. Acting in a creative way generates action, and action persuades the fear to lighten up."
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