Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him …

Carl Jung
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Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. To perform this difficult office it is sometimes necessary for him to sacrifice happiness and everything that makes life worth living for the ordinary human being. ✨ Carl Gustav Jung (2001). Modern Man in Search of a Soul, p.173, Psychology Press
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