A strong experience in the present awakens in the creative writer a memory of an earlier experience (usually belonging to his childhood) from which there now proceeds a wish which finds its fulfilment in the creative work.


The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud: Jensen's 'Gradiva' and other works (1906-1908) (ed. 1959)

Sigmund Freud Quotes

A strong experience in the present awakens in the creative writer a memory of an earlier experience (usually belonging to his childhood) from which...

A strong experience in the present awakens in the creative writer a memory of an earlier experience (usually belonging to his childhood) from which...

A strong experience in the present awakens in the creative writer a memory of an earlier experience (usually belonging to his childhood) from which...

A strong experience in the present awakens in the creative writer a memory of an earlier experience (usually belonging to his childhood) from which...