With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species.

The creative consequences of man's imaginative strivings may never make him whole; but they constitute his deepest consolations and his greatest glories.

The creative person is constantly seeking to discover himself, to remodel his own identity, and to find meaning in what he creates.

It is widely believed that interpersonal relationships of an intimate kind are the chief, if not the only, source of human happiness, yet the lives of creative individuals often seem to run counter to this assumption.

It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships, and some are extremely isolated. It is also true that, in some instances, trauma, in the shape of early separation or bereavement, has steered the potentially creative person toward developing aspects of his personality which can find fulfillment in comparative isolation. But this does not mean that solitary, creative pursuits are themselves pathological.

With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species.

Some split between the inner world and outer world is common to all behaviour, and the need to bridge the gap is the source of creative behaviour.