Imitação e liberdade

Creativity is a by-product of mastery of the sort that is cultivated through long practice. It seems to be built up through submission (think of a musician practicing scales). Identifying creativity with freedom harmonizes quite well with the culture of the new capitalism, in which the imperative of flexibility precludes dwelling in any task long enough to develop real competence. Such competence is the condition not only for genuine creativity but for economic independence such as the tradesman enjoys. So the liberationist ethic of what is sometimes called “the 1968 generation” perhaps paved the way for our increasing dependence.

Shop Class as Soulcraft, an inquiry into the value of work, Matthew B. Crawford