"Each of us is born with two contradictory sets of instructions: a conservative tendency, made up of instincts for self-preservation, self-aggrandizement, and saving energy, and an expansive tendency made up of instincts for exploring, for enjoying novelty and risk—the curiosity that leads to creativity belongs to this set. We need both of these programs"
— Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly in Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention (Harper Perennial Modern Classics).
