"The creative act arises out of the struggle……" — Rollo May

"The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them."

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154 Quotes by Rollo May

Rollo May has 154 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.
What anxiety means is it's as though the world is knocking at your door, and you need to create, you…
Joy is the zest that you get out of using your talents, your understanding, the totality of your being, for…
Whatever sphere we may be in, there is a profound joy in the realization that we are helping to form…
All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in…
Creativity occurs as an act of encounter, and is to be understood with this encounter at the center.
Something is born, comes into being, something which did not exist before - which is as good a definition of…
We cannot will to have insights. We cannot will to have creativity, but we can will to give ourselves to…
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…
Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
Love is generally confused with dependence; but in point of fact, you can love only in proportion to your capacity…

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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