I know nothing I have nothing, I am nothing

I have read that creative artists need humility in order to be creative

But what is humility?

As far as I can gather it means accepting emptiness. I have seen it expressed in the following sentence which I believe was first mentioned by Thomas Aquinas and it was also mention by the Psycho analyst Wilfred Bion.

This is it

You say, I have nothing I am nothing, I know nothing. In the emptiness of total humility there is a space into which creativity can enter.

Of course these artists and writers do not feel humble all the time I am laughing as I’m thinking of Picasso.

Apparently not knowing is part of getting to know something. If you think you’re already know everything then you’re not going to discover anything new, are you?

But we are taught to be frightened of emptiness and nothingness yet it is out of nothingness that something emerges.