Creativity Quote by Daniel H. Pink

“Of course, the starting point for any discussion of motivation in the workplace is a simple fact of life: People have to earn a…

— Daniel H. Pink

“In their writing on education, Deci and Ryan proceed from the principle that humans are natural learners and children are born creative and curious,…

— Paul Tough

“The less evidence of extrinsic motivation during art school, the more success in professional art both several years after graduation and nearly twenty years…

— Daniel H. Pink

I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to…

— Daniel H. Pink

Goals may cause systematic problems for organizations due to narrowed focus, unethical behavior, increased risk taking, decreased cooperation, and decreased intrinsic motivation. Use care…

— Daniel H. Pink

For artists, scientists, inventors, schoolchildren, and the rest of us, intrinsic motivation-the drive to do something because it is interesting, challenging, and absorbing-is essential…

— Daniel H. Pink

“Intrinsic motivation is of great importance for all economic activities. It is inconceivable that people are motivated solely or even mainly by external incentives.”

— Daniel H. Pink

“Careful consideration of reward effects reported in 128 experiments lead to the conclusion that tangible rewards tend to have a substantially negative effect on…

— Daniel H. Pink

“Rewards do not undermine people’s intrinsic motivation for dull tasks because there is little or no intrinsic motivation to be undermined.”

— Daniel H. Pink

Money can extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, encourage unethical behavior, foster short-term thinking, and become addictive.

— Daniel H. Pink

Extrinsic motivations are like, 'I wanna get rich, I wanna be famous.'... Even missionary ones like, 'I wanna change the world with this idea.'...…

— Justin Kan

“If we are hunting the highest version of ourselves, then we need to turn work into play and not the other way round. Unless…

— Steven Kotler