Creative spirit Quote by Jostein Gaarder

““In the eyeball there is a clash between creation and reflection. The two-way globes of sight are magical revolving doors where the creative spirit meets itself in the created spirit. The eye that surveys the universe is the universe's own eye.””

Jostein Gaarder

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