Tove Jansson Quotes

A person without curiosity may as well be dead.

You have to have passion for a subject to write about it. You can't expect your readers to feel any excitement if it's nothing but a boring writing exercise for you.

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself.

All I know is that I am constantly intrigued by something I'm doing.

I choose questions to work on according to how much they excite me.

I look for stuff that I'm passionate about.

I'd have to struggle to find a subject in which I can't get some kind of interested pulse started.

I think we should be passionately curious about what we do.

You're always fascinated by what you do, and how other people look at it.

'Thou shalt not bore' is a commandment that should be at the centre of our ambitions.

Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract "failure.

Everybody is interesting when they are interested in something.

Live and “love to be fascinated.

Mere curiosity adds wings to every step.

I think, to be happy is to be interested and engaged.

As long as you are curious, you will never be bored.

Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.

You have to have curiosity in life. The moment you don't have any more curiosity, then don't do anything. Retire and stay in your house.

I probably would have retired years ago if I hadn't found interesting things to do.

If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it.

Inspiration is finding something that excites you.

You can't connect with something you're not passionate about.

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

I feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting.