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How did Apollinaire view the creative act?

  • As learned

  • As intuitive

  • As religious

  • As academic

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As intuitive, Apollinaire believed the creative act to be a spontaneous and irrational process driven by instinct and subconscious forces. He rejected the notion of art as a product of conscious intellectual effort and instead championed the role of intuition, spontaneity, and the irrational in the creation of truly original and meaningful works of art.
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