The works of prominent psychologists K.G. Jung and E. Neumann are devoted to the relationship of a person of art with the culture of his country and his own self. The works of C.G. Jung about Picasso, about the novel by D. Joyce "Ulysses," about the creative process of poets and writers are offered. E. Neumann examines the influence of the Mother archetype on the work of Leonardo da Vinci, the connection of the works of M. Chagall with the unconscious, etc.