I've thought about the idea of, 'Can happiness and creativity co-exist?' So much of what I've done, I think, has been based on being dissatisfied or incomplete or lonely. The answer is, 'There isn't an answer, necessarily.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
This is the paradox for me: in failure alone is there any possibility of success. I don't think I'm alone in this - nor do I think it's an attitude that only prevails among people whose work is obviously 'creative'.
Actual happiness is sometimes confused with the pursuit of it; and the most mindless and crass how-tos can get jumbled in with the modestly useful, the appealingly personal, and the genuinely interesting.
I believe happiness is a chemical imbalance - it's a silly thing to strife for. But satisfaction - if you seek satisfaction, you can succeed. Satisfaction is knowing that you're doing the best that you can do; you're living your life to the fullest.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.
Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.
In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world.