Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.

Erik Erikson

About Erik Erikson

Portrait of Erik Erikson

Erik Homburger Erikson (born Erik Salomonsen; 15 June 1902 – 12 May 1994) was a German-American child psychoanalyst and visual artist known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings. He coined the phrase identity crisis.