"When I use the word *rebel* for the artist, I do not refer to revolutionary
or to such things as taking over the dean's office; that is a different
matter. Artists are generally soft-spoken persons who are concerned with
their inner visions and images. But that is precisely what makes them feared
by any coercive society.
...
They love to immerse themselves in chaos in order to put it into form, just
as God created form out of chaos in Genesis.2
from The Courage to Create, Rollo May
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