“The deepest motivation for a lot of artists is obviously the one they all share: their great fear they are a fraud. It's a joke. In my case the problem is not that I don't question myself. It's just that I question other people even more.” PeopleProblemArtistMotivationCasesShareJokesFraud Author:Philip-Lorca diCorcia
“From the time I first understood economic principles, I was always concerned also that any system be operated on an efficient basis, which meant decentralization because knowledge is not concentrated anywhere. It's based on motivation, and so these are the advantages of, say, the cautious case for capitalism, that the market system is efficient.” FirstsMotivationPrinciplesCasesEconomicUnderstoodCapitalismAdvantageConcernedBasesEfficientCautiousDecentralization Author:Kenneth Arrow
“I also like to look at the dynamic that takes place between religion and science because, in a way, both are asking the same questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? The methodologies are diametrically opposed, but their motivation is the same; the wellspring is the same in both cases.” WayLooksMotivationalMotivationCasesAskingScience And ReligionMethodologyWellspring Author:J. Michael Straczynski
“I still can’t say whether I ever want children….I can only say how I feel now--grateful to be on my own. I also know that I won’t go forth and have children just in case I might regret missing it later in life; I don’t think this is a strong enough motivation to bring more babies onto the earth.” ThinkingKnowsWantFeelsChildrenStillsI CanEnoughMightEarthMotivationStrongMy OwnCasesMissingRegretBabyGratefulStrong EnoughLater In LifeMissing It Book:Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Source: Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything
“Set goals for things you can control. In my case, I can't control the marks from the judges, but I can control how I train every day, and I can control my performance.” I CanMotivationSportsGoalCasesJudgingPerformancesMarkTrainSetting GoalsSoftballThings You Can Control Author:Claire Carver-Dias
“If you have to find devices to coax yourself to stay focused on writing, perhaps you should not be writing what you're writing. And if this lack of motivation is a constant problem, perhaps writing is not your forte. I mean, what is the problem? If writing bores you, that is pretty fatal. If that is not the case, but you find that it is hard going and it just doesn't flow, well, what did you expect? It is work; art is work.” IfsShouldWritingWellsMeanArtHardProblemMotivationCasesArt IsFlowConstantFocusedDevicesBoresStay FocusedBores YouForte Author:Ursula K. Le Guin