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Creativity is the encounter of the intensively conscious human being with his world.

Rollo May

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Rollo May
Age: 85 †
Born: 1909
Born: April 21
Died: 1994
Died: October 22
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Writer
Creativity
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Human
Humans
World
Intensively
Encounter
Encounters
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