A Selection from
1001 Quotes Questions & Pondering
about the Creative Process

Allen Ginsberg
(1926 – 1997)
I am a stenographer of my mind. I write down what passes through it. Not what goes on around me. I’m a poet.
Allen Ginsburg
In what ways do you use your mind as a filter for what passes through it?
It is more important to spend more time on your vision than developing a marketing plan.
If you are open to change, to connecting, to transformation; you will need a new plan every day.
Anonymous
This is contrary to popular belief. Vision is an evolving process. It is when you are clear about your vision that you begin to burn with passion. Passion pulsates and transforms. People want to connect to passionate people. They are drawn to the light. What does vision mean to you? Does it allow for a step-by-step plan?
No one with a purpose and vision knows how it will be achieved.
One has to be willing to follow an unknown path allowing the road to take you where it will.
Surprise, serendipity, uncertainty and the unexpected are guaranteed on the way to the future.
Marsha Sinetar
When you are on purpose and vision there is a natural pull to the future. Allow yourself to feel this energy. When you have trusted in the past, did you allow yourself to allow the road to take you there? Why have you resisted? Are you willing to step into the place of ‘the I do no know’ when you are clear on purpose and vision?
Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.
Charles Brower
What old problems do you serve because you have done nothing about them? How do they affect you on a daily basis?
There are two tragedies in life. One is to not get your heart’s desire. The other is to get it.
George Bernard Shaw
Spend some time journaling about this dichotomy.
One’s real life is so often the life that one does not lead.
Oscar Wilde
How would you know if you were leading your real life?
When you set yourself on fire with enthusiasm, people love to come and see you burn.
John Wesley
Others are attracted to those on fire? When have you witnessed this in yourself and others?
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