Something is born, comes into being, something which did not exist before – which is as good a definition of creativity as we can get.
It is well to remind ourselves that anxiety signifies a conflict, and so long as a conflict is going on, a constructive solution is possible.
Inner sense of worth that comes with being in love does not seem to depend essentially on whether the love is returned or not.
Whereas moral courage is the righting of wrongs, creative courage, in contrast, is the discovering of new forms, new symbols, new patterns on which a new society can be built.
I became a psychotherapist because that’s where people will unburden themselves, where they will show what is in their hearts.
It is dangerous to know, but it is more dangerous not to know.
Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act.
There is no authentic inner freedom that does not, sooner or later, also affect and change human history.
Does not the possibility or the power to do something about the situation at hand confer on one the responsibility to do it?
We cannot will to have insights. We cannot will to have creativity, but we can will to give ourselves to the creative experience with intensity of dedication and commitment.
We express our being by creating. Creativity is a necessary sequel to being.
The individual human is still the creature who can wonder, who can be enchanted by a sonata, who can place symbols together to make poetry to gladden our heart, who can view a sunrise with a sense of majesty and awe.
Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
Creativity occurs as an act of encounter, and is to be understood with this encounter at the center.
All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in this task of life.
Whatever sphere we may be in, there is a profound joy in the realization that we are helping to form the structure of the new world. This is creative courage, however minor or fortuitous our creations may be.
In my clinical experience, the greatest block to a person’s development is his having to take on a way of life which is not rooted in his own powers.
There is an energy field between humans. And, when we reach out in passion, it is met with an answering passion and changes the relationship forever.
Finding the center of strenghth within ourselves is in the long run best contribution we can do to our fellow man.
Poets may be delightful creatures in the meadow or the garret, but they are menaces on the assembly line.