Cumulative Record. Chapter 25: Creating the Creative Artist. Quote 14

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Post published:September 11, 2023
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The very assignment of producing a creative artist may seem contradictory. How can behavior be original or creative if it has been “produced”? Production presupposes some form of external control, but creativity, taken literally, denies such control. (p. 385)

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