Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED Talk on Thinking Differently About the Creative Genius

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. She encourages to discard the burden of “being” a genius and leave it to the muse “assigned to our case”. That’s what she’s doing while writing a new book after the “freakish” success of Eat, Pray, Love. As all TED talks … awesome. A very personal and moving talk. Enjoy.

A favorite related quote:

“Don’t apologize for a mistake. Apologize if you don’t play. Knowing that effort is what matters gives people the courage to always try their hardest” - Wynton Marsalis