Poets may be delightful creatures in the meadow or the garret, but they are menaces on the assembly line.

Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)

Creativity occurs in an act of encounter and is to be understood with this encounter as its center.

They pursue meaninglessness until they can force it to mean.

The creative process must be explored... as the expression of the normal people in the act of actualizing themselves.

It is interesting to note how many of the great scientific discoveries begin as myths.

Creativity is neither the product of neurosis nor simple talent, but an intense courageous encounter with the Gods.