In the creative state a man is taken out of himself. He lets down as i…

E. M. Forster
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In the creative state a man is taken out of himself. He lets down as it were a bucket into his subconscious, and draws up something which is normally beyond his reach. He mixes this thing with his normal experiences and out of the mixture he makes a work of art. ✨ E.M. Forster (1951). Two Cheers for Democracy
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