Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act.
Rollo MayDogmatism of all kinds--scientific, economic, moral, as well as political--are threatened by the creative freedom of the artist. This is necessarily and inevitably so. We cannot escape our anxiety over the fact that the artists together with creative persons of all sorts, are the possible destroyer of our nicely ordered systems. (p. 76)
Rollo MayIf we admit our depression openly and freely, those around us get from it an experience of freedom rather than the depression itself.
Rollo MayEvery human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture, where he says, this is me and the damned world can go to hell.
Rollo May