The question

What inspires you to learn?

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Vox, to writers and thinkers, 9 Questions, 2017

This exact prompt is one of Vox's nine recurring questions about intellectual habits.

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David Lynch Film director, screenwriter and painter
I’m in a transition, Hans. I am painting, and I am painting over and then painting, and then painting over, and destroying, and painting, and destroying, and painting over. I am just trying to find the next thing, and the only way I think I can find it is to keep doing things and learning from it.
Recorded Hans Ulrich Obrist, AnOther Magazine, 16 January 2025 source ↗
Abby Wambach United States international footballer, 2001–2015
the time that I got to spend with my teammates, the learning about life and about different people's beliefs and different people's opinions about things, those are the things that I'll take away. Those are the things that I'm going to value the most about my time spent on the team.
Recorded Terry Gross, Fresh Air Archive, 14 September 2016 source ↗
Alan Shepard Naval aviator and astronaut; the first American in space and the fifth person to walk on the Moon
Pretty good, I think. I didn’t mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student. Obviously the teacher thought so.
Recorded Houston, Texas, Academy of Achievement, 1 February 1991 source ↗
Derek Sivers Founder of CD Baby; author of Anything You Want
In that brief transition time, it felt like the question to ask yourself is what is the biggest learning opportunity? Where can I grow more?
Recorded Jason Kleinberg, book club transcript, Roam Book Club, 1 November 2021 source ↗

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Question How do you balance creative work with other responsibilities? Daily life
This time I wanted to live a bit more, which is why I wanted to do it in London. I didn’t want to entirely give up my social life, my personal life. I didn’t want it to become a 24/7 thing for me. I got to go home at night to my own home and maybe go out to drink with a mate or spend time with my dog and my partner.
Recorded T. Cole Rachel, Conversation, The Creative Independent, 23 January 2017 source ↗

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