19 Quotes by Teresa Amabile

The desire to do something because you find it deeply satisfying and personally challenging inspires the highest levels of creativity, whetherit's in the arts, sciences, or business.

Track your small wins to motivate big accomplishments.

Creativity depends on a number of things: experience, including knowledge and technical skills; talent; an ability to think in new ways; and the capacity to push through uncreative dry spells.

People will be most creative when they feel motivated primarily by the interest, enjoyment, satisfaction and challenge of the work itself.

People are most creative when they care about their work and they’re stretching their skills.

One day’s happiness often predicts the next day’s creativity.

Creativity takes a hit when people in a work group compete instead of collaborate.

If the challenge is far beyond their skill level, they tend to get frustrated; if it’s far below their skill level, they tend to get bored. Leaders need to strike the right balance.

The best way to help people to maximize their creative potential is to allow them to do something they love.