Who said "Every act of creation is first an act of destruction."?

This quote is attributed to Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"Every act of creation is first an act of destruction."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Creativity

Poet Critic English 1772–1834

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