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The receptivity of the artist must never be confused with passivity.

Rollo May

The Courage to Create · March 17, 1994 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Rollo Reece May (21 April 1909 – 22 October 1994) was an American humanistic and existential psychologist, authoring the influential books Psychology and the Human Dilemma and Love and Will along with several other volumes explaining and expanding on his theories.

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