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“at the height of the Romantic period, an artist who was not more than a little savage and mad would not have been taken very seriously, because these qualities were de rigueur for creative souls.”
― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention

“Creative individuals are remarkable for their ability to adapt to almost any situation and to make do with whatever is at hand to reach their goals.”
― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention

“creative persons definitely know both extremes and experience both with equal intensity and without inner conflict.”
― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention

“When do we get to the interesting part—the tortured souls, the impossible dreams, the agony and the ecstasy of creation?”
― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention