What Peter Kropotkin thinks about creativity

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Russian anarchist political philosopher and geographer (1842 to 1921), a proponent of anarchist communism; lived in exile in England from 1886 to 1917; author of Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902).

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   Our readingOnce material wants are satisfied, artistic needs come forward

   Their wordsMan is not a being whose exclusive purpose in life is eating, drinking, and providing a shelter for himself. As soon as his material wants are satisfied, other needs, which, generally speaking, may be described as of an artistic character, will thrust themselves forward.

   ↗The Conquest of Bread (1892; anonymous English translation of 1906, Vanguard Press reprint 1926)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book