He may also have been thinking in terms of the creative impulse: all writers, after all, are divided selves, populated by multifarious characters and voices.

Could love for a thing also be tied to the creative impulse that gave it life in the first place?

Basic competency in reading, writing, and speaking may be one thing, but who can measure the critical thought, the creative impulse, or the moral insight?

Memory has served as a major creative impulse for many contemporary dance productions, but those dealing more directly with historical circumstances are rarer and usually harder to pull off.

People may perceive the individual's eccentric behavior as the outward expression of their unique intelligence or creative impulse.