<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Safety can expand creativity because a nervous... > Safety can expand creativity because a nervous system that expects humiliation spends less capacity defending itself and more capacity exploring. Firmness and guidance remain necessary; the productive environment makes experimentation affordable without making standards disappear. **Source:** [[livestreams/Directed Attention and the Discipline of Creation - Workbook|Directed Attention and the Discipline of Creation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Safety can expand creativity because a nervous system that expects humiliation spends less capacity defending itself and more capacity exploring. Firmness and guidance remain necessary; the productive environment makes experimentation affordable without making standards disappear.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-safety-expand-creativity-making-standards-disappear ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->