The Courage to Despair: Goethe, the Inner Tension of Creativity, and What It Takes to Be a Great Artist | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
From www.brainpickings.org - November 14, 2016 4:09 PM
“[The artist] must be shaken by the naked truths that will not be comforted. This divine discontent, this disequilibrium, this state of inner tension is the source of artistic energy.”