“Erik Erikson has commented: Potentially creative men like (Bernard) Shaw build the personal fundament of their work during a self-decreed moratorium, during which they often starve themselves, socially, erotically, and, at last but not least, nutritionally, in order to let the grosser weeds die out, and make way for the growth of their inner garden.” MenWaySelfLastsOrderDiesGrowthCreativeGardenWeedBernard ShawErikson Author:Lewis Hyde
“But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers.” PeopleEnergyCreativeCivilizationMachinesTokensCreative Power Book:Alcohol and Poetry: John Berryman and the Booze Talking Source: Alcohol and Poetry: John Berryman and the Booze Talking