Born in Germany, Fromm became a disciple of Sigmund Freud shortly after receiving his Ph.D. in 1922. When he left Nazi Germany in 1933 for the United States, he already had a distinguished reputation as a psychoanalyst. He came into conflict with psychoanalytic orthodoxy when he challenged Freud's preoccupation with unconscious drives and neglect of social factors. His many popular books earned him professional respect as well as a wide general readership.
Motherly love begins with oneness, and leads to separateness.
Born in the Netherlands in 1904, he studied art before coming to the U. S. as a stowaway in 1926. Along with Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell, and others in the New York School, he brought American art and Abstract Expressionism to the forefront of the international art scene. After his death, he was hailed as a giant of the 20th century art world. Born into an old and respectable family, the young Ovid was sent to Rome to be educated by the best teachers of the day. He showed great potential as an orator, but turned to writing instead.