“... 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
“In the past even scientists have been led to believe that only human beings have thoughts or emotions. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth... After all, thoughts and emotions have evolutionary value.” BelieveHumansHas BeensPastValuesCoursesHuman BeingsEmotionScientistThoughts And Emotions Author:Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
“I began studying human emotions more than twenty years ago. At that time, almost every scientist working in this area was studying one of the negative emotions, like fear, anger, anxiety, or depression. I wondered why no scientists cared to explain why we humans sometimes feel upbeat and pleasant. I liked the idea of charting new terrain. It's been a fun intellectual puzzle. There's so much to discover!” FeelsYearsHumansIdeasSometimesFunEmotionStudyAnxietyIntellectualAreasNegativeYears AgoScientistTwentiesPleasantPuzzlesTerrainHuman EmotionsNegative EmotionsUpbeatCharting Author:Barbara Fredrickson
“We found some scientists think that there are basically three emotions. Others went up to 27. Others had 16. Some were in the middle. So we were kind of left with no definitive answer to our basic question - how many are there?” ThinkingKindThreeFoundLeftAnswersEmotionMiddleScientist Author:Pete Docter