“Creativity doesn’t come from glancing quickly at your Twitter feed while in line at Starbucks. It comes from deep thought. It comes from voraciously reading books—long books that require focused attention. It comes from meaningful discourse with other intellectually curious people. It comes from listening and asking good questions.” PeopleLongBookReadingLinesAttentionCreativityListeningAskingFocusedMeaningfulCuriousReading BooksDiscourseDeep ThoughtStarbucksGood QuestionsLong BookFocused Attention Author:Joshua Rogers
“And so I am feeling numb. It's a curious feeling, and I get it all the time. My attention to the world around me disappears, and something starts to hum inside my head. Far off, voices try to bump up against me, but I repel them. My ears fill up with water and I focus on the humming in my head.” WorldTryingFeelingsVoiceWaterAttentionFocusEarsDisappearCuriousEmptinessDetachmentNumbBumpsNumbnessHumming Book:Madness: A Bipolar Life Source: Madness: A Bipolar Life
“THERE is scarcely any inquiry more curious, or, from its importance, more worthy of attention, than that which traces the causes which practically check the progress of wealth in different countries, and stop it, or make it proceed very slowly, while the power of production remains comparatively undiminished, or at least would furnish the means of a great and abundant increase of produce and population.” MeanDifferentCountryCausesWealthAttentionProgressProduceImportanceIncreaseRemainsPopulationProductionsWorthyChecksCuriousInquiryDifferent Countries Author:Thomas Malthus
“Little minds mistake little objects for great ones, and lavish away upon the former that time and attention which only the latterdeserve. To such mistakes we owe the numerous and frivolous tribe of insect-mongers, shell-mongers, and pursuers and driers of butterflies, etc. The strong mind distinguishes, not only between the useful and the useless, but likewise between the useful and the curious.” MindLittlesStrongAttentionMistakeObjectsAddictionCuriousFormerUselessEtcButterflyShellsTribesInsectsFutilityGreat OnesFrivolousLittle MindsStrong Mind Book:Lord Chesterfield's Letters Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
“I like poems that immediately claim my attention, instead of taking my attention for granted. At first read, I want to feel compelled to pick up the poem again; I want to be curious about its byways and secret corners.” WantFeelsFirstsSecretAttentionPicksClaimsCornersCuriousGrantedCompelled Author:James Arthur
“Women have to be careful and teach their girls to be aware of their surroundings and never be alone with testosterone-crazed boys. A lot of little lives are being ruined and our society is to blame. Our kids are just searching and being curious but they are dangerously looking for the wrong kind of attention.” KindLittlesKidsGirlAttentionBoysTeachBlameCarefulCuriousOur SocietyBe CarefulRuinedSurroundingsTestosterone Author:Pamela Anderson
“If nature be regarded as the teacher and we poor human beings as her pupils, the human race presents a very curious picture. We all sit together at a lecture and possess the necessary principles for understanding it, yet we always pay more attention to the chatter of our fellow students than to the lecturer's discourse. Or, if our neighbor copies something down, we sneak it from him, stealing what he himself may have heard imperfectly, and add it to our own errors of spelling and opinion.” IfsHumansMayTogetherUnderstandingHuman BeingsPoorPayRaceAttentionOpinionPrinciplesTeacherHeardStudentsFellowsAddErrorsNeighborStealingCuriousHuman RaceCopiesDiscourseLecturesPupilsSneakSpellingLecturerChatter Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg