Both the revolutionary and the creative individual are perpetual juveniles. The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, while the creative individual cannot grow up because he keeps growing.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Revolutionaries and creatives remain in perpetual growth stages.
- In plain terms
- One stagnates by necessity, the other by constant evolution.
- What can you take from it?
- Expect that creators never fully settle.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can you stop growing?
- What stops you from maturing?
Another view
Not all revolutionaries or artists stay youthful in mind.
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