Quotes About Inspiration

You live for it. Like falling in love, moments that announce themselves as your subject are rare, and there's a magic to them. Ignorr them at your own peril.

You live for it. Like falling in love, moments that announce themselves as your subject are rare, and there's a magic to them. Ignore them at your own peril.

A writer afraid of her own subject- whatever it might be- is a frozen creature, trapped in the inessential. Diminished.

Every great work of art has two faces: one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.

DB: Well, in a way, this is also the difference of the politician and the statesman, isn't it? A statesman is somebody with a vision. EWS: Somebody like Nehru or Mandela who has the vision and, at the same time, the capacity to carry it out, whatever that might involve … DB:

creativity is not an easy equation. And there is no direct line. You are not born with it, and you cannot learn it. It is a combination of dedication, practice, study, passion, and desire all coming together at one time.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. —W. B. Yeats

obedecer la llamada interior o la inspiración secreta de hacer algo o de seguir algún camino cada vez que la sintiera, aunque no tuviera razón alguna para hacerlo

Daydreaming incubates creative discovery.

Visionary leaders help people to see how their work fits into the big picture, lending people a clear sense not just that what they do matters, but also why.

Steve Jobs gave a heartfelt talk to a graduating class at Stanford University. His advice: "Don't let the voice of others' opinions drown out your inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become."3

Para acercar al trabajador desmotivado al estado de flujo es necesario intensificar la motivación y el entusiasmo, evocar una sensación de objetivo y agregar una pizca de presión.

Ninguna criatura puede volar con una sola ala. El liderazgo ejemplar requiere de la adecuada combinación entre el corazón y la cabeza, entre el sentimiento y el pensamiento. Esas son las dos alas que permiten volar a un líder.

Of course companies need leaders who beam in on getting better results. But those results will be more robust in the long run when leaders don't simply tell people what to do or just do it themselves, but have an other focus: they are motivated to help other people be successful, too.

Las intuiciones creativas florecen mejor cuando las personas tienen objetivos claros y libertad también en el modo de alcanzarlos. Y, lo más importante todavía, tienen suficiente tiempo libre para pensar. Ese es el entorno más favorable para incubar la creatividad.

your personal strengths, as a leader?

The very fact that about half of our thoughts are daydreams suggests there may well be some advantages to a mind that can entertain the fanciful.

What's missing in tests of ability is motivation

Life's creative challenges rarely come in the form of well-formulated puzzles. Instead we often have to recognize the very need to find a creative solution in the first place. Chance, as Louis Pasteur put it, favors a prepared mind. Daydreaming incubates creative discovery.

classic model of the stages of creativity roughly translates to three modes of focus: orienting, where we search out and immerse ourselves in all kinds of inputs; selective attention on the specific creative challenge; and open awareness, where we associate freely to let the solution emerge—then home in on the solution.

tienen suficiente tiempo libre para pensar. Ese es el entorno más favorable para incubar la creatividad. 5.

Las ideas creativas son como un capullo delicado: hay que mimarlas para que florezcan.

good listeners are like trampolines: You can bounce ideas off of them, and rather than absorbing your ideas and energy, they amplify, energize, and clarify your thinking.

Leaders set strategy; they motivate; they create a mission; they build a culture.