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Creativity occurs in an act of encounter and is to be understood with this encounter as its center.

Rollo May

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Rollo May
Age: 85 †
Born: 1909
Born: April 21
Died: 1994
Died: October 22
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Writer
Encounter
Encounters
Center
Creativity
Understood
Occurs

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