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. It is the old war between the mystic and the nonmystic, a war to the death.

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This quote suggests that creative individuals, who draw inspiration from a mysterious, irrational source of power, must confront the unsettling truth that this power can be contradictory and antagonistic. While on the surface, society may glorify creativity, deep down there exists a desire to destroy or suppress it. This reflects an age-old conflict between those who embrace the mystical and those who do not, a battle that can have severe consequences.

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