Rollo May
Rollo May
Rollo Reece Maywas an American existential psychologist and author of the influential book Love and Will. He is often associated with humanistic psychology, existentialist philosophy and, alongside Viktor Frankl, was a major proponent of existential psychotherapy. The philosopher and theologian Paul Tillich was a close friend who had a significant influence on his work...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 April 1909
CountryUnited States of America
inspirational quiet-people creativity
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.
creativity love-is said
What Kierkegaard said about love is also true of creativity: every person must start at the beginning.
courage creativity using-your-talents
Joy is the zest that you get out of using your talents, your understanding, the totality of your being, for great aims...That's the kind of feeling that goes with creativity. That's why I say the courage to create. Creation does not come out of simply what you're born with. That must be united with your courage, both of which cause anxiety, but also great joy.
struggle creativity artist
All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in this task of life.
creativity encounters understood
Creativity occurs as an act of encounter, and is to be understood with this encounter at the center.
creativity definitions born
Something is born, comes into being, something which did not exist before - which is as good a definition of creativity as we can get.
commitment creativity dedication
We cannot will to have insights. We cannot will to have creativity, but we can will to give ourselves to the creative experience with intensity of dedication and commitment.
creativity creating sequels
We express our being by creating. Creativity is a necessary sequel to being.
creativity commitment passion
Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being. Creativity requires passion and commitment. It brings to our awareness what was previously hidden and points to new life. The experience is one of heightened consciousness: ecstasy.
creativity names consciousness
By whatever name one calls it, genuine creativity is characterized by an intensity of awareness, a heightened consciousness.
creativity immortality yearning
Creativity is a yearning for immortality
believe creativity joy
Now, I believe in life, and I believe in the joy of human existence, but these things cannot be experienced except as we also face the despair, also face the anxiety that every human being has to face if he lives with any creativity at all.
creativity artist creating
... what the artist or creative scientist feels is not anxiety or fear; it is joy. I use the word in contrast to happiness or pleasure. The artist, at the moment of creating, does not experience gratification or satisfaction... Rather, it is joy, joy defined as the emotion that goes with heightened consciousness, the mood that accompanies the experience of actualizing one's own potentialities.
moving creativity artist
It is necessary for the birthing process to begin to move in its own organic time. It is necessary that the artist have this sense of timing, that he or she respect... periods of receptivity as part of the mystery of creativity and creation.