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May Sarton: The creative person,...

Source: DRAMATISTS

The creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power antagonizes. Under all the superficial praise of the creative is the desire to kill.

Source: Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing, pt. 2, 1965.
-- May Sarton, (May 3 1912-1995), US author, poet; Her writings include a volume of verse A Durable Fire, 1972 and As We Are Now, 1973.


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