Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | |
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| NUMBER: | 1681 |
AUTHOR: | Eric Hoffer (190283) |
QUOTATION: | The compulsion to take ourselves seriously is in inverse proportion to our creative capacity. When the creative flow dries up, all we have left is our importance. |
ATTRIBUTION: | ERIC HOFFER, Thoughts of Eric Hoffer, Including: Absolute Faith Corrupts Absolutely, The New York Times Magazine, April 25, 1971, p. 52. |
SUBJECTS: | Self-importance | |
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