“Creativity has nothing to do with talent or discipline; it’s about noise and quieting your mind… Every single thing you do as a creative person is one choice after another. Put the red in, put the blue in, put the comma in, and take the comma out. One choice after another, one anxious moment after another. If you don’t know how to manage your anxiety, you’re going to go away from the encounter because you don’t want the experience of anxiety… The main thing for a person who’s experiencing the difficulty of not having a good idea is getting calmer.”
Eric Maisel, Ph.D., author of Brainstorm:
Harnessing the Power of Productive Obsession
and Why Smart, Creative and
Highly Sensitive People Hurt
: A Toolkit for Thriving in a Chaotic World
