“... what the artist or creative scientist feels is not anxiety or fear; it is joy. I use the word in contrast to happiness or pleasure. The artist, at the moment of creating, does not experience gratification or satisfaction... Rather, it is joy, joy defined as the emotion that goes with heightened consciousness, the mood that accompanies the experience of actualizing one's own potentialities.” FeelsDoeMomentsUseJoyArtistPleasureEmotionConsciousnessCreativityCreativeAnxietyCreatingScientistSatisfactionMoodDefinedContrastGratificationAccompany Book:The Courage to Create Source: The Courage to Create
“Out-of-whack emotions are always a good beginning point for identifying beliefs that aren't really true, an easy red flag for our inquiry. Exaggerated emotions of anxiety or discouragement invite us to trace them back to the thoughts that are creating them.” BeliefEasyEmotionAnxietyCreatingRedInvitesFlagsInquiryDiscouragementExaggeratedIdentifyingReally TrueRed Flags Author:Virginia H. Pearce
“I think the contrast between these two in the professional world of cinema mattered to me. One who has reached the ultimate point of being a star, who knows how to do everything very well, facing another person who would throughout the making of the film transfer his anxiety to both of us, to me and to Juliette, as to whether or not he would be capable of fulfilling his role. This in itself created a challenge that was actually very good for me, since I hadn't ever counterposed two such performers before, creating that challenge between someone who knows their part and someone who doesn't.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWellsPersonsTwoWould BeFilmStarsChallengesRolesKnow HowAnxietyCreatingCapableUltimateVery GoodCinemaPerformersContrastFulfillingTransfers Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“Creating is living doubly. The groping, anxious quest of a Proust, his meticulous collecting of flowers, of wallpapers, and of anxieties, signifies nothing else.” FlowerAnxietyCreatingAnxiousQuestsCollectingProustMeticulous Book:The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays Source: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays