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“The receptivity of the artist must never be confused with passivity. Receptivity is the artist's holding him or herself alive and open to hear what being may speak.”

Quote by Rollo May

Book:The Courage to Create

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The Courage to Create

This book explores the nature of creativity and provides insights into how individuals can cultivate and express their creative potential. more

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Rollo May

Rollo May was an American psychologist born on April 21, 1909, and died on October 22, 1994. He was a significant figure in existential psychology and is considered one of the pioneers of the field. more

“Professors will lecture with more inspiration if they occasionally alternate the classroom with the beach: authors will write better when, as Macaulay used to do, they write for two hours, then pitch quoits, and then go back to their writing. But certainly more than the mere mechanical alternation is involved.”

Ifs Writing Two Inspiration Used Hours Involved Mere Planning Beach Professors Classroom Lectures

Book:The Courage to Create

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“Unconscious insights or answers to problems that come in reverie do not come hit or miss... they pertain to those areas in which the person consciously has worked laboriously and with dedication.”

Persons Problem Answers Missing Areas Insight Unconscious Dedication Reverie

Author:Rollo May

“Tools and techniques ought to be an extension of consciousness, but they can just as easily be a protection from consciousness. Then the tools become defence mechanisms... against the unconscious.”

Consciousness Ought Tools Protection Technique Unconscious Mechanism Extensions Defence Defence Mechanism

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“It is necessary for the birthing process to begin to move in its own organic time. It is necessary that the artist have this sense of timing, that he or she respect... periods of receptivity as part of the mystery of creativity and creation.”

Moving Artist Process Creativity Mystery Creation Periods Timing Receptivity Birthing