Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Something is born, comes into being, something which did not exist before - which is as good a definition of creativity as… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Something is born, comes into being, something that did not exist before - which is as good a definition of creativity as… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Creativity occurs in an act of encounter and is to be understood with this encounter as its center. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in this task… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
“Because it is possible to create — creating one’s self, willing to be one’s self, as well as creating in all the… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Every authentic artist is engaged in this creating of the conscience of the race, even though he or she may be unaware… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Every act of genuine creativity means achieving a higher level of self-awareness and personal freedom. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
We cannot will to have insights. We cannot will to have creativity, but we can will to give ourselves to the creative… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
What anxiety means is it's as though the world is knocking at your door, and you need to create, you need to… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Creative people... are distinguished by the fact that they can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between the stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward which we… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Political freedom is to be cherished indeed. But there is no political freedom that is not indissolubly bound to the inner personal freedom of… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
In religion, it is not the sycophants or those who cling most faithfully to the status quo who are ultimately praised. It is the… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Artists do not run away from non-being, but by encountering and wrestling with it, force it to produce being. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
“Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we do not experience it.” — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Joy is the zest that you get out of using your talents, your understanding, the totality of your being, for great aims...That's the kind… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Man is the "ethical animal" ethical in potentiality even if, unfortunately, not in actuality. His capacity for ethical judgment like freedom, reason and the… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
