#Creative Genius

How Genius Starts and Labor Completes Greatness

Joubert’s remark begins with a striking division of creative life: genius initiates, but labor fulfills. In other words, inspiration may provide the first flash of vision, yet that flash alone cannot carry a work into la...

Everything Great Comes from Neurotics - Marcel Proust

Proust suggests that individuals who might be labeled as 'neurotic' are often more creative or productive, using their internal struggles to fuel extraordinary accomplishments in the fields of art and religion.