| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1681 |
| AUTHOR: | Eric Hoffer (1902–83) |
| 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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