En este trabajo intento responder a la pregunta por los motivos psíquicos que conducen al artista a crear su obra. Para esto realizo un recorte de los principales textos en que Freud se refirió a este tema, tomando como texto eje “El creador literario y el fantaseo”. En todos ellos afirma que el motor principal de la creación artística son las pulsiones insatisfechas, que se expresan en cada artista de acuerdo al carácter de sus deseos y al modo en que tramitan el Complejo de Edipo. Finalmente, de este análisis se desprende que la obra de arte constituye una realidad distinta de la realidad psíquica y de la realidad efectiva, que involucra a ambas y a su vez se distingue de ellas. Palabras clave Creación artística Insatisfacción Realidad intermedia ABSTRACT ART AND PSYCHOANALYSIS. REASONS FOR THE ARTISTIC CREATION In this work attempt to respond to the question by the psychic reasons that they lead the artist to create his work. For this I make a cut of the main texts in which Freud talked about this subject, taking like text axis “the literary creator and the fantasy”. In all of them it affirms that the main motor of the artistic creation dissatisfaction instincts, that are expressed in each artist according to the character of their desires and to the way in which they transact the Oedipus Complex. Finally, this analysis it is come off that the art work constitutes a reality different from the psychic reality and of the effective reality, that involves both and it is distinguished as well of them. Key words Artistic creation Dissatisfaction Intermediate reality