Eric Maisel Quotes

The three elements of creativity are thus: loving, knowing, and doing - or heart, mind, and hands - or, as Zen Buddhist teaching has it; great faith, great question, and great courage.

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• Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion.

  

  Gary Ross
  • Time
  • School
  • Science

• To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.

  

  Bebe Moore Campbell
  • Writing
  • Point
  • Entertain

• Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.

  

  Nate Parker
  • Work
  • Mean
  • Say

• I'm very competitive, and I want to win.

  

  Camilo Villegas
  • Want
  • Win
  • Competitive

• The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations.

  

  Aaron Swartz
  • Up
  • World
  • Over

• The way to a man's heart is through his chest.

  

  Aaron Allston
  • Heart
  • Man
  • Way

• I want to thank Vox Media, The Verge, Recode, the 'Wall Street Journal,' and CNBC for giving me a voice.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Giving
  • Wall
  • Voice

• Mom and I…we're both very flaky people.

  

  Frances Bean Cobain
  • People
  • Mom

• Oh please...As a standup, I tried to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian, I try to pick up the prettiest girl in the room. Not necessarily in that order.

  

  Lea DeLaria
  • Up
  • World
  • Girl

• Think of your favorite teacher you ever had in school: the one who made it the most fun to go to class. They surprise you. They keep you guessing. They keep you coming back, wanting to know what's going to happen next.

  

  Pete Carroll
  • School
  • Fun
  • Teacher

• One of the most wonderful things for me is to watch somebody else perform, where I am the audience - I love this more than ever.

  

  Marina Abramovic

• Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls.

  

  Adriana Lima
  • Job
  • Perspective

• What I object to the current government intervention in so-called 'solving the crisis', they haven't solved anything. They've just postponed it.

  

  Marc Faber

• My animals are a really important part of my life.

  

  Lisa Scottoline
  • Life
  • Important

• There are so many reactions to art that make sense to me - but 'ick' means something.

  

  Lena Dunham
  • Art

• I'm not an academic type in term of personality. I had my share of madness as a teenager.

  

  Lenny Abrahamson
  • Personality
  • Teenager

• I've always said, 'I didn't have a Plan B in life.' I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It's all about desire and passion. At all costs.

  

  Mario Andretti
  • Life
  • Dream
  • Desire

• I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?

  

  Kathy Acker
  • Question

• My given name was Zahra, which is the 'flower of the desert.' I don't look anything like the flower of the desert. My name was changed by my grandfather to Iman, which means 'have faith.' And it meant to have faith that a daughter would come.

  

  Iman
  • Faith
  • Daughter
  • Flower

• Faith and reason overpower each other throughout one's life, which results in contradiction, but the conflict never ceases in any sphere.

  

  Lobsang Tenzin
  • Life
  • Faith

• Albert Murray's The Omni-Americans is the most valuable non-business book because it discusses how you have to draw upon everyone's creativity. America is a mash-up of cultures and traditions, and great businesses know how to tap the strengths of all their employees, whatever their background may be.

  

  Kabir Sehgal
  • Up
  • Great
  • May

• The three elements of creativity are thus: loving, knowing, and doing - or heart, mind, and hands - or, as Zen Buddhist teaching has it; great faith, great question, and great courage.

  

  Eric Maisel
  • Faith
  • Courage
  • Creativity