Skip to content

"The antithesis to narcissism is not the object relation but object love."
- Page 4

— Heinz Kohut Forms and Transformation of Narcissism (1966)

Another quote →

Topics

Love

More quotes by Heinz Kohut

"States the self may expand far beyond the borders of the individual, or it may shrink and become identical with a single one of his actions or aims."
- Page 4

Forms and Transformation of Narcissism (1966)

"The self in the psychoanalytic sense is variable and by no means coextensive with the limits of the personality as assessed by an observer of the social field."
- Page 4

Forms and Transformation of Narcissism (1966)

"The creative individual, whether in art or science, is less psychologically separated from his surroundings than the non-creative one; the "I-you" barrier is not as clearly defined."
- Page 17

Forms and Transformation of Narcissism (1966)

All Heinz Kohut quotes →

You may also like

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.

William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Bertrand Russell Marriage and Morals (1929)

Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

Sanu Sharma

Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

Alexander Pope

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Heinz Kohut (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.