It is easier to enhance creativity by changing conditions in the environment than by trying to make people think more creatively.
A Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow", a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity.
Creativity results from the interaction of a system composed of three elements: a culture that contains symbolic rules, a person who brings novelty into the symbolic domain, and a field of experts who recognize and validate the innovation.
These are not incidental contributors to individual originality but essential components of the creative process, on a par with the individual’s own contributions.
Loading...Whether a carpenter makes a table, or a goldsmith a piece of jewelry, whether the peasant grows his corn or the painter paints a picture, in all types of creative work the worker and his object become one, man unites himself with the world in the process of creation.
German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist.
It is a known condition that when you begin to pay attention to something you have never really looked at before you will begin to see it everywhere. You eventually begin to feel as if the thing is out to find you, instead of the other way around.
Canadian conceptual artist and author of several bestselling books including How to be an Explorer of the World - The Portable Life/Art Museum.
A Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow", a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity.
