Chapter 2

THE EMOTIONAL FACTOR.

The great importance of this element.--All forms of the creative imagination imply affective elements. Proofs: All affective conditions may influence the imagination. Proofs: Association of ideas on an emotional basis; new combinations under ordinary and extraordinary forms.--Association by contrast.--The motor element in tendencies.--There is no creative instinct; invention has not _a_ source, but _sources_, and always arises from a need.--The work of the imagination reduced to two great classes, themselves reducible to special needs.--Reasons for the prejudice in favor of a creative instinct. 31