Erich Fromm Quotes on Creativity
-
I believe that one can and must hope for a sane society that furthers man's capacity to love his fellow men, to work and create, to develop his reason and his objectivity of a sense of himself that is based on the experience of his productive energy. I believe that one can and must hope for the collective regaining of a mental health that is characterized by the capacity to love and to create...
-
Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self.
-
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
-
Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means to be born before one dies.
-
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.