5 Erich Fromm Quotes on Creativity

Erich Fromm quotes on creativity

64. 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...

74. Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self.

75. Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

87. Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means to be born before one dies.

91. The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.