Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one's death.

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one's death.

Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are essential to the work of art or poem.

In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.

I declared that the dead, who had already died, Are happier than the living, who are still alive

The good die young, because they see it's no use living if you have got to be good.