"The artist's life cannot be otherwise than full of conflicts, for two forces are at war within him on the one hand the common human
longing for happiness, satisfaction and security in life, and on the other a ruthless passion for creation which may go so far as to override every personal desire. The lives of artists are as a rule so highly unsatisfactory, not to say tragic, because of their inferiority on the human and personal side, and not because of a sinister dispensation. There are hardly any exceptions to the rule that a person must pay dearly for the divine gift of the creative fire.”

- Carl Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul

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It is not surprising that as we ride the crest of evolution we have taken over the title of creator. It would help if we realised the awesome responsibility of this new role. The gods of the ancients, like Shiva, like Yehova, were both builders and destroyers. While we cannot foresee the eventual results of creativity of the attempt to impose our desires on reality, to become the main power that decide the destiny of every form of life on the planet at least we can try to better understand what this supports is and how it works because for better or for worse our future is now closely tied to human creativity. 
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Creativity, Flow and the Psyschology of Discovery and Invention