“The mind is essentially a survival machine. Attack and defense against other minds, gathering, storing, and analyzing information - this is what it is good at, but it is not at all creative. All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.” KnowsMindArtistCreativeInformationSurvivalMachinesDefenseStillnessGatheringAnalyzingTrue Artists Book:The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“The entire function of man is to survive. The outermost limit of endeavour is creative work. Anything less is too close to simple survival until death happens along. So I am engaged in striving to maintain equilibrium sufficient to at least realize survival in a way to astound the gods.” MenWayHappensRealizingSimpleCreativeLimitsSurvivalFunctionStriveSufficientEngagedEquilibriumEndeavourCreative Work Author:L. Ron Hubbard
“Thomas Berry calls the Ecozoic Era, a time when we recognize the imperative of caring for the planet as a means of compassionate survival. We do not know what the outcome is going to be, but we have an opportunity to make these kinds of creative and imaginative leaps of thought and actions both locally and globally. This is completely antithetical to the direction George W. Bush is leading this nation. I do trust that the open space of democracy is ultimately the open space of our hearts and that we can follow our own leadership that carries a long-term view way beyond "four more years."” HeartKindMeanActionOpportunityCreativeDemocracySurvivalCaringLeapCompassionateImaginative Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“Unless you are in a survival situation, if you allow yourself to be creative, to be thinking, to be developing, there will be outbursts. You can say, almost beauteously, when you have less time for art, you have to select your best practice.” ThinkingArtSituationCreativeSurvivalBe CreativeSelect Author:Paola Pivi
“Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.” ThinkingSuccessChallengesDecisionBusinessCreativeSuccessfulInspireSurvivalEntrepreneurEntrepreneurshipBeing SuccessfulProvokingNurtureEntrepreneurialMotivational BusinessCreative ThinkingSecret To SuccessSuccessful EntrepreneursBest SuccessGood BusinessBest BusinessBusiness WomanDrive And SuccessBusiness IdeasAcumenCreative BusinessGreat FinancialGroup Motivational Author:Anita Roddick
“The podcast movement was really a creative survival mechanism for standup comics.” CreativeMovementSurvivalMechanism Author:Chris Hardwick
“I started The Body Shop in 1976 simply to create a livelihood for myself and my two daughters, while my husband, Gordon, was trekking across the Americas. I had no training or experience and my only business acumen was Gordon's advice to take sales of £300 a week. Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.” ThinkingTwoBodyMotherBusinessCreativeWeekAdviceHusbandSurvivalTrainingDaughterEntrepreneurshipShopsMy HusbandNurtureTrekkingLivelihoodCreative ThinkingTwo DaughtersAcumen Author:Anita Roddick
“Learn to use your brain power. Critical thinking is the key to creative problem solving in business.” ThinkingUseProblemBrainCreativeKeysSurvivalCriticalProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingBrain PowerCreative Problem Solving Author:Richard Branson
“Be creative. Innovate consistently on the little things that the big companies ignore. Little things often make big differences in business.” LittlesBigsDifferencesCompanyCreativeSurvivalLittle ThingsConsistentlyBe CreativeBig Companies Author:Richard Branson
“At eleven I was at the peak of my creative powers: I was writing stories and playlets, putting together poetryprojects. I was absorbed by my 'work.' At twelve I was no longer reading or writing, just counting off days and checking them off. I was interested in survival.” WritingStoriesTogetherReadingCreativeSurvivalTwelveCountingElevenCreative PowerWriting StoriesReading Or Writing Author:Todd Solondz