the self expands through acts of self forgetfulness. ✨ Mihaly Csikszen…

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
107 citations
the self expands through acts of self forgetfulness. ✨ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1996). Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention, Harpercollins
Humanity
32

More Author Quotes

To live means to experience-through doing, feeling, thinking. Experience takes place in time, so time is the ultimate scarce resource we have. Over the years, the content of experience will determine … ▶
Control of consciousness determines the quality of life. ✨ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2009). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, p.26, Harper Collins
Control over consciousness cannot be institutionaliz ed. As soon as it becomes part of a set of social rules and norms, it ceases to be effective in the way it was originally intended to be. ✨ Mihaly … ▶
And it has become a kind of a truism in the study of creativity that you can't be creating anything with less than 10 years of technical knowledge immersion in a particular field.
Creativity is any act, idea, or product that changes an existing domain, or that transforms an existing domain into a new one What counts is whether the novelty he or she produces is accepted for inc … ▶

the self expands through acts of self forgetfulness. ✨ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1996). Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention, Harpercollins

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes