Abraham Maslow Quotes About Creativity
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We have got to abandon the sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle if anybody created anything.
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It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self-realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive.
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Only the flexibly creative person can really manage the future, Only the one who can face novelty with confidence and without fear.
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If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? ...a good question might be not why do people create? But why do people not create or innovate?
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My feeling is that the concept of creativeness and the concept of the healthy, self actualizing, fully human person seem to be coming closer and closer together, and may perhaps turn out to be the same thing
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Self-actualizing people are those who have come to a high level of maturation, health and self-fulfillment... the values that self-actualizers appreciate include truth, creativity, beauty, goodness, wholeness, aliveness, uniqueness, justice, simplicity, and self-sufficiency.
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Apparently one impression we are making... is that creativeness consists of lightning striking you on the head in one great glorious moment.
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The key question isn't "What fosters creativity?" But why in God's name isn't everyone creative? Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? I think therefore a good question might not be why do people create? But why do people not create or innovate? We have got to abandon that sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle that anybody created anything.
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A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.
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Creativity is a characteristic given to all human beings at birth.
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The key question isn't, 'What fosters creativity?' But it is, 'Why isn't everyone creative?'
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