Every human act is a response to a personal need. The motivation for all personal behaviour is to produce a sense of “feel good”, a sense of inner peace and well being. To expect a person to go against his desire to feel good or as good as he can feel under any momentary condition is illogical and irrational.
Sidney Madwed
An American painter, sculptor, poet, and public speaker.
Motivation
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Alexander Graham Bell
A Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer. Credited with inventing the first practical telephone.
Being Better
Being Disciplined
Focus
A genuinely creative accomplishment is almost never the result of a sudden insight, a lightbulb flashing on in the dark, but comes after years of hard work.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
A Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow", a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity.
Being Disciplined
Creativity
Focus
Inspiration
The mastery of the art must be a matter of ultimate concern; there must be nothing else in the world more important than the art.
Erich Fromm
German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist.