Captives Quote by Carl Jung

We know that creative people have all sorts of demons.

— Suzy Menkes

A creative person has little power over his own life. He is not free. He is captive and driven by his daimon.

— Anonymous

It is a common failing of childhood to think that if one makes a hero out of a demon the demon will be satisfied.

— Yukio Mishima

The creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power antagonizes. Under all…

— May Sarton

Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man…

— Norman Mailer

The hero has to be an archetype; they have to be like a dream; they have to be perfect. The evil is closer to…

— Takashi Miike

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.

— Gerald Jampolsky

The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.

— Agnes de Mille

A creative person has to be alive. He can't borrow from things he's done in the past. He can't let his method choose his…

— John Steinbeck

The creative man with an insight into human nature, with the artistry to touch and move people, will succeed. Without them he will fail.

— William Bernbach

What drives the creative person is that we see it all.

— Wanda Sykes

A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all.

— Raymond E. Feist