likeminded

The creator dreams of a kindred mind called a reader.

nothing to it

A good critic must have the audacity to think he/she could have been the creator.

no need for praise

He who is sure, absolutely sure of having produced a viable and lasting work, has no more interest in praise, and he feels himself beyond glory, because he is a creator and knows it, and the joy he derives from it is divine.

—Henri Bergson, The Sources of Morality and Religion