Maslow on natural creativity — quotation

From Abraham Maslow’s Maslow on Management (Ann R. Kaplan, 1998):

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“The key question isn’t What fosters creativity? But is it Why in God’s name isn’t everyone creative? Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? I think therefore a good question might be not Why do people create but Why do people not create or innovate? We have got to abandon that sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle if anybody created anything.” (p. 13)

Related: Whether children are stifled or nurtured depends most on educational philosophy — of their parents and their teachers. My online course on the major philosophies of education:

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