Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes

Optimal experience is thus something that we make happen.

Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.

When you're doing what you love, it's not exhausting at all, actually. It's completely empowering and exhilarating.

I'm saved every day by the intrinsic value of the work I do, which I truly enjoy.

I couldn't do anything I didn't enjoy.

As a retailer, I would ask the customer, "What is it you want in life?" Whatever answer they give, I would help them to say the correct answer, or the most effective answer, for anyone - feeling good.

A typical day is full of anxiety and boredom. Flow experiences provide the flashes of intense living against this dull background.

I've come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences, or tasks.

Unlock your natural drives by doing what you enjoy.

Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.

I have this amazing life.

I want to live a full life - period.

I'm in this wonderful place of life, where everything I'm doing is something I do because I enjoy it.

I like living, breathing better than working... Each second, each breath is a work which is inscribed nowhere, which is neither visual nor cerebral. It's a kind of constant euphoria.

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness.

The Anger Management Tour was another beautiful thing. I loved that tour.

I had lost my way for some time, so I need to do things that I am happy with. It's not about being the number one heroine or money. It's about doing roles that I enjoy. My biggest ambition is happiness.

I suppose even when I was growing up, I noticed I was most happy when I was absorbed in something, lost in the moment and forgot the time, whether was conversation, movie, or a game I was playing. That was my definition of happiness. And I was least happy when I was all over the place, distracted and restless.

When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone.

I'm having the time of my life and I'm glad people are enjoy it.

I'm okay with not having a super-secure lifestyle because if you're doing what you like, you don't need stuff to fill any empty holes.

I don't do something I won't enjoy just for the money. I do it for the fun, for the joy of working.

When your dream comes true you have to have great fun.

I could be on the court for two hours, and it felt like 10 minutes. It made time go by.