Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act.
Rollo MayVanity and narcissism — the compulsive need to be admired and praised — undermine one's courage, for one then fights on someone else's conviction rather than one's own.
Rollo MayIf you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.
Rollo May