But shortcuts are dangerous; we cannot delude ourselves that our knowledge is further along than it actually is.

And it has become a kind of a truism in the study of creativity that you can't be creating anything with less than 10 years of technical knowledge immersion in a particular field.

Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person's capacity to act.

Wealth, status, and power have become in our culture all too powerful symbols of happiness. ... And we assume that if only we could acquire some of those same symbols, we would be nuch happier.

...what the social environment told them to want...

...the concentration is usually possible because the task undertaken has clear goals and provides immediate feedback.