“The arts especially address the idea of aesthetic experience. An aesthetic experience is one in which your senses are operating at their peak; when you’re present in the current moment; when you’re resonating with the excitement of this thing that you’re experiencing; when you are fully alive.”
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“If all you had was academic ability, you wouldn't have been able to get out of bed this morning. In fact, there wouldn't have been a bad to get out of. No one could have made one. You could have written about possibility of one, but not have constructed it.”
― Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative
― Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative
“For most of us the problem isn’t that we aim too high and fail - it’s just the opposite - we aim too low and succeed.”
― The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
― The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
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