“That which is creative must create itself.” Asserting that true genius develops through its own activity rather than external rules · Letter to James Hessey, October 1818 Creativity Genius Independence
“Almost any man may, like the spider, spin from his own inwards his own airy citadel.” Celebrating the creative power of the individual mind · Letter to J. H. Reynolds, 19 February 1818 Creativity Imagination Mind
