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Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
“In the 1960s, when abstract expressionism was the reigning style, those art students who tended to be sullen, brooding, and antisocial were thought by their teachers to be very creative.”
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention

Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
“what drove me on to be my own boss was that the thing that I wanted most was to be able to have a nap every day”
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention

Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
“It has been said that all the stories have already been told, that there is nothing left to say. At best, a writer’s job is to pour new wine in old bottles, to retell in a new way the same emotional predicaments that humans have felt since the beginnings of time. Yet many authors find this a worthwhile challenge; they think of themselves as gardeners whose task is to cultivate perennial ideas generation after generation. The same flowers will bloom each spring, but if the gardener slacks off, weeds will take over.”
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention

Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
“When do we get to the interesting part—the tortured souls, the impossible dreams, the agony and the ecstasy of creation?”
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention

Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
“Now in his nineties, Spock is writing a book on spirituality. But his understanding of spirituality is a far cry from that of institutionalized religions: Spirituality, unfortunately, is not a stylish word. It’s not a word that gets used. That’s because we’re such an unspiritual country that we think of it as somewhat corny to talk about spirituality. “What is that?” people say. Spirituality, to me, means the nonmaterial things. I don’t want to give the idea that it’s something mystical; I want it to apply to ordinary people’s ordinary lives: things like love, and helpfulness, and tolerance, and enjoyment of the arts or even creativity in the arts. I think that creativity in the arts is very special. It takes a high degree and a high type of spirituality to want to express things in terms of literature or poetry, plays, architecture, gardens, creating beauty any way. And if you can’t create beauty, at least it’s good to appreciate beauty and get some enjoyment and inspiration out of it. So it’s just things that aren’t totally materialistic. And that would include religion.”
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention

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