“Are we to conclude that these chief gods, Zeus and Yahweh, did not wish humankind to have moral consciousness and the arts of civilization? It is a mystery indeed. The most obvious explanation is that the creative artist and poet and saint must fight the actual (as contrasted to the ideal) gods of our society—the god of conformism as well as the gods of apathy, material success, and exploitative power. These are the “idols” of our society that are worshiped by multitudes of people.” HumankindConsumerismGodsCivilisationCreative ArtistsConformismNonconformismAnticonformismMoral Consciousness Book:The Courage to Create Source: The Courage to Create
“La libertà significa il diritto di essere eretici, non conformisti di fronte alla cultura ufficiale e che la cultura, in quanto creatività, sconvolge la tradizione ufficiale” FreedomRightsAnticonformism Author:GaetanonSalvemini