Brenda Ueland ( 8 of 8 )
All children have creative power.
All children have creative power.
It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to read more
It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next.rn
This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say.
This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say.
Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or read more
Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.rn
Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.
Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force...When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold read more
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force...When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life...When we listen to people there is an alternating current, and this recharges us so that we never get tired of each other...and it is this little creative fountain inside us that begins to spring and cast up new thoughts and unexpected laughter and wisdom. ...Well, it is when people really listen to us, with quiet facinated attention, that the little fountain begins to work again, to accelerate in the most surprising way. -Brenda Ueland.
Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or read more
Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.rn
Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It read more
Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It is easy and interesting. It is a privilege. There is nothing hard about it but your anxious vanity and fear of failure.