The smallest wound or pain of the ego is examined under a microscope as if it were of eternal importance. The artist considers his isolation, his subjectivity, his individualism almost holy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.
The ego is as little absolutely permanent as are bodies.
The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.
Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.
The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of sacrifice for art, is the victim of a deplorable species of egotism.
Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness.
The man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life, which is impossible to the pure egoist.
What marks the artist is his power to shape the material of pain we all have.
Among the mysteries of the creative ego is how the transcendence of what artists do is their own response to the darkness of who they are, and the same personal darkness that is at odds with the art is what propels artists to the light of what they create.
Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.
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