"The nature of creativity is to make space……" — Iain McGilchrist

"The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans."

— Iain McGilchrist

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16 Quotes by Iain McGilchrist

Iain McGilchrist has 16 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

We bring about a world in consciousness that is partly what is given, and partly what we bring, something that…
Socialism and capitalism are both essentially materialist, just different ways of approaching the lifeless world of matter and deciding how…
Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of…
The imperial vastness of late Roman architecture was made possible by the invention of concrete.
In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses…
Perspective in art has receded along with harmony in music: We tend more and more to see the world as…
I trained in medicine after pursuing an academic career in the humanities, mainly because of my interest in the relationship…
The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent.
We have 26,000 genes. But a blind, millimetre-long roundworm with only 959 cells in total already has over 19,000.
Hunters and trackers learn not only to understand intellectually a bunch of facts about the animal they follow, but to…
Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that…
To understand something, whether we are aware of it or not, depends on choosing a model. We get to understand…

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More Busyness Quotes

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Silence is like a cradle holding our endeavors and our will; a silent spaciousness sustains us in our work and… — David Whyte
The biggest disease in North America is busyness. — Thomas Merton
How narrow is the vision that exalts the busyness of the ant above the singing of the grasshopper. — Khalil Gibran
The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all,… — Roger Ebert
We become so caught up in the busyness of our lives. Were we to step back, however, and take a… — Thomas S. Monson
Every day there comes a moment when a person lays his hands in his lap and all his busyness collapses… — Robert Musil
Busyness does not mean you are a faithful or fruitful Christian. It only means you are busy, just like everyone… — Kevin DeYoung
When busyness goes after joy, it goes after everyone's joy. — Kevin DeYoung
Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity. — Bill Hybels
Busyness is not a reason for not getting other things done. It is an excuse for not claiming your true… — Alan Cohen
If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle - absolute busyness - then utopia… — Gunter Grass
Four hundred year old trees, who draw aliveness from the earth like smoke from the heart of God, we come,… — Mark Nepo

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