Actually Quote by Andrew Shaffer

In my experience, I have found that creativity demands a vigilant mind, which is weakened by the influence of drugs.

— Ernst Junger

I would like to think that an artist's mental health is taken into consideration more now.

— Kate Nash

I've not met one person, even if they are not creative, who isn't dysfunctional. I guess artists are just a bit more aware of…

— Karen Elson

So ultimately, it's idealistic to think that artists are able to step away from the power of the media and the way it controls…

— Thom Yorke

Artists are neurotic and hypersensitive, and they tend to focus on granular details, sometimes at the expense of the big picture. I've gotten better…

— Travis Knight

The problem of making artists talk about their work is that when they're making their work the left-brain is shut off. So if you…

— Peter Schjeldahl

I think artists can go to a level of vision that can often save us from a situation which seems to have no solution…

— Susan Griffin

I think making any art requires a certain degree of high anxiety and total abandon.

— David Crabb

Artists themselves are neurotic and fearful people, and you can look at their work and figure out what they're scared of.

— Lena Dunham

“Creativity is closely associated with bipolar disorder. This condition is unique . Many famous historical figures and artists have had this. Yet they have…

— Preeti Shenoy

Like many artists, I have issues with anxiety and depression, so I try to live in a way that supports my mental health.

— Laura van den Berg

I don't claim to be an expert on this, but I think ADD and creativity may be the same thing; it's just that they…

— Hal Elrod