--- title: "21 Focus Quotes By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi" description: "21 Focus quotes by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Plus more from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and more Focus sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_creativity_to-achieve-creativity-in-an-existing-dom_1183601.jpg" --- > [“To achieve creativity in an existing domain, there must be surplus attention available.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/to-achieve-creativity-in-an-existing-domain-there-must-be-surplus/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_creativity_to-achieve-creativity-in-an-existing-dom_1183601.jpg) > [“Inner conflict is the result of competing claims on attention.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/inner-conflict-is-the-result-of-competing-claims-on-attention/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_focus_inner-conflict-is-the-result-of-competin_2022594.jpg) > [“but make the self grow? To fill free time with activities that require concentration, that increase skills, that lead to a development…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/but-make-the-self-grow-to-fill-free-time-with-activities-that-require/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2f/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_focus_but-make-the-self-grow-to-fill-free-time_1199445.jpg) > [In large organizations the dilution of information as it passes up and down the hierarchy, and horizontally across departments, can undermine the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/in-large-organizations-the-dilution-of-information-as-it-passes-up/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b58/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_common_in-large-organizations-the-dilution-of-i_1904900.jpg) > [“The mark of a person who is in control of consciousness is the ability to focus attention at will, to be oblivious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/the-mark-of-a-person-who-is-in-control-of-consciousness-is-the/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_consciousness_the-mark-of-a-person-who-is-in-control-o_590841.jpg) > [We shape our life by deciding to pay attention to it. It is the direction of our attention and its intensity that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/we-shape-our-life-by-deciding-to-pay-attention-to-it-it-is-the/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_accomplish_we-shape-our-life-by-deciding-to-pay-att_2613708.jpg) > [For a person to become deeply involved in any activity it is essential that he knows precisely what tasks he must accomplish,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/for-a-person-to-become-deeply-involved-in-any-activity-it-is/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_accomplish_for-a-person-to-become-deeply-involved-i_2967721.jpg) > [Unless a person knows how to give order to her thoughts, attention will be attracted to whatever is most problematic at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/unless-a-person-knows-how-to-give-order-to-her-thoughts-attention/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_attention_unless-a-person-knows-how-to-give-order_447124.jpg) > [The more a person feels skilled, the more her moods will improve; while the more challenges that are present, the more her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/the-more-a-person-feels-skilled-the-more-her-moods-will-improve-while/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/919/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_attention_the-more-a-person-feels-skilled-the-more_1255811.jpg) > [It is better to look suffering straight in the eye, acknowledge and respect it’s presence, and then get busy as soon as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/it-is-better-to-look-suffering-straight-in-the-eye-acknowledge-and/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_acknowledge_it-is-better-to-look-suffering-straight_1287779.jpg) > [Flow is the process of achieving happiness through control over one's inner life. The optimal state of inner experience is order in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/flow-is-the-process-of-achieving-happiness-through-control-over-one-s/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_achieve_flow-is-the-process-of-achieving-happine_878100.jpg) > [If you are interested in something, you will focus on it, and if you focus attention on anything, it is likely that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/if-you-are-interested-in-something-you-will-focus-on-it-and-if-you/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57f/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_attention_if-you-are-interested-in-something-you-w_1653600.jpg) > [It is amazing how little effort most people make to improve control of their attention. If reading a book seems too difficult,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/it-is-amazing-how-little-effort-most-people-make-to-improve-control/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_attention_it-is-amazing-how-little-effort-most-peo_437157.jpg) > [“After curiosity, this quality of concentrated attention is what creative individuals mention most often as having set them apart in college from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/after-curiosity-this-quality-of-concentrated-attention-is-what/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdd/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_creativity_after-curiosity-this-quality-of-concentr_1397153.jpg) > [“a constant alternation between a highly concentrated critical assessment and a relaxed, receptive, nonjudgmental openness to experience. His attention coils and uncoils,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/a-constant-alternation-between-a-highly-concentrated-critical/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/138/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_focus_a-constant-alternation-between-a-highly_2202991.jpg) > [Attention is like energy in that without it no work can be done, and in doing work is dissipated. We create ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/attention-is-like-energy-in-that-without-it-no-work-can-be-done-and/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a2/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_attention_attention-is-like-energy-in-that-without_777144.jpg) > [“These examples suggest what one needs to learn to control attention. In principle any skill or discipline one can master on one’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/these-examples-suggest-what-one-needs-to-learn-to-control-attention/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_art_these-examples-suggest-what-one-needs-to_1207388.jpg) > [“The optimal state of inner experience is one in which there is order in consciousness. This happens when psychic energy—or attention—is invested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/the-optimal-state-of-inner-experience-is-one-in-which-there-is-order/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c28/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_focus_the-optimal-state-of-inner-experience-is_1679604.jpg) > [“Although watching TV is far from being a positive experience—generally people report feeling passive, weak, rather irritable, and sad when doing it—at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/although-watching-tv-is-far-from-being-a-positive-experience/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c08/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_focus_although-watching-tv-is-far-from-being-a_2575234.jpg) > [A paycheck is a sufficient impetus to motivate some employees to do the minimum amount to get by, and for others, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/a-paycheck-is-a-sufficient-impetus-to-motivate-some-employees-to-do/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_amount_a-paycheck-is-a-sufficient-impetus-to-mo_1244111.jpg) > [Attention is psychic energy, and like physical energy, unless we allocate some part of it to the task at hand, no work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/attention-is-psychic-energy-and-like-physical-energy-unless-we/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c18/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_attention_attention-is-psychic-energy-and-like-phy_916390.jpg) ## Other authors on Focus - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 127 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/focus/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-stephen-richards-446.jpg) Stephen Richards 77 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/focus/stephen-richards/) - [Israelmore Ayivor 42 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/focus/israelmore-ayivor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-deepak-chopra-28468.jpg) Deepak Chopra 41 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/focus/deepak-chopra/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eckhart-tolle-31242.jpg) Eckhart Tolle 37 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/focus/eckhart-tolle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tony-robbins-91869.jpg) Tony Robbins 32 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/focus/tony-robbins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/focus/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sonya-parker-86224.jpg) Sonya Parker 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/focus/sonya-parker/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rhonda-byrne-78295.jpg) Rhonda Byrne 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/focus/rhonda-byrne/) - [Cal Newport 24 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/focus/cal-newport/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sachin-tendulkar-82188.jpg) Sachin Tendulkar 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/focus/sachin-tendulkar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/focus/donald-trump/) ## More by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi > [“Entropy is the normal state of consciousness—a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable. To avoid this condition, people are naturally eager to fill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/entropy-is-the-normal-state-of-consciousness-a-condition-that-is/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) > [Most enjoyable activities are not natural; they demand an effort that initially one is reluctant to make. But once the interaction starts to provide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/most-enjoyable-activities-are-not-natural-they-demand-an-effort-that/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) > [People without an internalized symbolic system can all too easily become captives of the media.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/people-without-an-internalized-symbolic-system-can-all-too-easily/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) > [Through learning we grow, becoming more than we were before, and in that sense learning is unselfish, because it results in the transformation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/through-learning-we-grow-becoming-more-than-we-were-before-and-in/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) > [“Unfortunately, many people find the only challenges they can respond to are violence, gambling, random sex, or drugs. Some of these experiences can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/unfortunately-many-people-find-the-only-challenges-they-can-respond/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) > [It is essential to learn to enjoy life. It really does not make sense to go through the motions of existence if one does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/it-is-essential-to-learn-to-enjoy-life-it-really-does-not-make-sense/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) > [“It is usual to explain the motivation of those who enjoy dangerous activities as some sort of pathological need: they are trying to exorcise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/it-is-usual-to-explain-the-motivation-of-those-who-enjoy-dangerous/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) > [“Wisdom and integrity cannot be found in any single domain. A broader viewpoint that breaks across disciplinary boundaries is needed, a way of understanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/wisdom-and-integrity-cannot-be-found-in-any-single-domain-a-broader/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) > [For better or worse, our future will be determined in large part by our dreams and by the struggle to make them real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/for-better-or-worse-our-future-will-be-determined-in-large-part-by/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) > [Many business leaders today view their jobs as entailing responsibility for the welfare of the wider community. These individuals do not define themselves as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/many-business-leaders-today-view-their-jobs-as-entailing/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) > [The rules themselves are clear enough, and within everyone’s reach. But many forces, both within ourselves and in the environment, stand in the way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/the-rules-themselves-are-clear-enough-and-within-everyone-s-reach-but/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) > [When each of these three elements of vision-concern for excellence, for people and for the wider environment-are present, business is transformed from a tool…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/when-each-of-these-three-elements-of-vision-concern-for-excellence/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) > [If an enterprise does not aspire to be the best of its kind, it will attract second-rate employees, and it will be soon forgotten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/if-an-enterprise-does-not-aspire-to-be-the-best-of-its-kind-it-will/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) > [Only direct control of experience, the ability to derive moment-by-moment enjoyment from everything we do, can overcome the obstacles to fulfillment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/only-direct-control-of-experience-the-ability-to-derive-moment-by/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) > [Try to be surprised by something every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/try-to-be-surprised-by-something-every-day/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/focus/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/#itemlist", "name": "21 Focus Quotes By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To achieve creativity in an existing domain, there must be surplus attention available.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/to-achieve-creativity-in-an-existing-domain-there-must-be-surplus/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_creativity_to-achieve-creativity-in-an-existing-dom_1183601.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_creativity_to-achieve-creativity-in-an-existing-dom_1183601.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_creativity_to-achieve-creativity-in-an-existing-dom_1183601.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To achieve creativity in an existing domain, there must be surplus attention available.” — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Inner conflict is the result of competing claims on attention.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/inner-conflict-is-the-result-of-competing-claims-on-attention/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_focus_inner-conflict-is-the-result-of-competin_2022594.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_focus_inner-conflict-is-the-result-of-competin_2022594.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_focus_inner-conflict-is-the-result-of-competin_2022594.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Inner conflict is the result of competing claims on attention.” — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“but make the self grow? 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