Pina Bausch Quotes

People are motivated by fear, but they are not inspired by it. Everything that inspires us comes from love.

You can't move people to action unless you first move them with emotion. The heart comes before the head.

I'm not interested in how people move, but what moves them.

You have to be passionate about things in your life.

You can't manufacture passion or "motivate" people to feel passionate. You can only discover what ignites your passion and the passions of those around you.

Find a way to express what moves you.

I'm curious about what makes people do things that they do, unless it's absolutely terrifying to me.

Motivation is not a thinking word; it's a feeling word.

When people are inspired, they don't need motivation.

I'm not interested in how people move; I'm interested in what makes them move.

Money motivates neither the best people, nor the best in people. It can move the body and influence the mind, but it cannot touch the heart or move the spirit; that is reserved for belief, principle, and morality.

I don't rise to the occasion unless I'm really moved.

Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live.

You never know what motivates you.

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.

I just want to work on things that move me.

In order to move others, I must be moved.

When I'm not feeling something, I have a very hard time doing it.

If I lose touch with that... the reason why I act... then I'll leave it all. I don't do it for fame or money.

Do the work you believe in - if there's an authentic reason for doing it.

It's not about motivation. It's about what's driven inside of you.

Every creativity has a motive. Either one does it for money, for fame, or for passion. My energies go out for passion.

No matter which way you do it you need to make something happen and get a song that makes you feel a certain way, whether that's making you tap your foot or beat someone up or whatever you're doing, you just need some passion about it.