We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to use others as a means.
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To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Creativity is a deep appreciation for life and a desire to enrich it.
This quote by Rajneesh emphasizes that true creativity stems from a profound love for life. When one cherishes life, they are inspired to contribute beauty and joy through their creative expressions, whether it be through art, music, or poetry. The essence of being creative is rooted in the desire to enhance the world around us with our passions and talents.
Themes
CreativityLoveLifeBeautyArt
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech to students about pursuing their passions.
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