What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?
ROLLO MAY
Every human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture, where he says, this is me and the damned world can go to hell.
More Rollo May Quotes
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What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?
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The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them.
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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.
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The amazing thing about love is that it is the best way to get to know ourselves.
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The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them.
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People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.
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What anxiety means is it’s as though the world is knocking at your door, and you need to create, you need to make something, you need to do something. I think anxiety, for people who have found their own heart and their own souls, for them it is a stimulus toward creativity, toward courage. It’s what makes us human beings.
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Creativity is neither the product of neurosis nor simple talent, but an intense courageous encounter with the Gods.
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Creativity is the encounter of the intensively conscious human being with his world.
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Many people feel they are powerless to do anything effective with their lives. It takes courage to break out of the settled mold, but most find conformity more comfortable. This is why the opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it’s conformity.
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The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one’s own convictions – not obstinately or defiantly
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In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.
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It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.
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