Part of what we admire about a painting or a piece of music is the order which the artist has imposed upon… — Anthony Storr Admire Copy Share Image
I owed Lewis one thing, at least. Once you had suffered the experience of presenting a case at one of his Monday… — Anthony Storr Any Copy Share Image
In a culture in which interpersonal relationships are generally considered to provide the answer to every form of distress, it is sometimes… — Anthony Storr Answers Copy Share Image
If creative work protects a man against mental illness, it is small wonder that he pursues it with avidity; and even if… — Anthony Storr Apathy Copy Share Image
Some split between the inner world and outer world is common to all behaviour, and the need to bridge the gap is… — Anthony Storr Behaviour Copy Share Image
When a man suffers from delusions he is described as mad but when a million do so they belong to a world… — Anthony Storr Delusion Copy Share Image
What chiefly concerns and alarms many of us are the problems arising from religious fanaticism. As long as large numbers of militant… — Anthony Storr Absolutes Copy Share Image
“[A]voidance behavior is a response designed to protect the infant from behavioural disorganization. If we transfer this concept to adult life, we… — Anthony Storr Adult life Copy Share Image
Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be regarded as delusional. Belief systems which may… — Anthony Storr Belief Copy Share Image
Whether a belief is considered to be a delusion or not depends partly upon the intensity with which it is defended, and… — Anthony Storr Belief Copy Share Image
The creative consequences of man's imaginative strivings may never make him whole; but they constitute his deepest consolations and his greatest glories. — Anthony Storr Consequence Copy Share Image
I want to show that the dividing lines between sanity and mental illness have been drawn in the wrong place. — Anthony Storr Bipolar Copy Share Image
Since I was not able wholly to subscribe to any one set of beliefs advanced by any 'guru' I had to fall… — Anthony Storr Able Copy Share Image
Avoidance behavior is a response designed to protect the infant from behavioral disorganization. If we transfer this concept to adult life, we… — Anthony Storr Adult life Copy Share Image
Had [Winston Churchill] been a stable and equable man, he could never have inspired the nation. In 1940, when all the odds… — Anthony Storr Bipolar Copy Share Image
The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven. — Anthony Storr Courageous Copy Share Image
History seems not so much a record of past events, more a catalogue of preferred beliefs expounded by people who have a… — Anthony Storr Belief Copy Share Image
“It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships, and some are extremely isolated. It is also true… — Anthony Storr Adult life Copy Share Image
The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot… — Anthony Storr Damage Copy Share Image
So-called "inspiration" is no more than an extreme example of a process which constantly goes on in the minds of all of… — Anthony Storr Example Copy Share Image
A happy marriage perhaps represents the ideal of human relationship -- a setting in which each partner, while acknowledging the need of… — Anthony Storr Accepting Copy Share Image
“The capacity to form attachments on equal terms is considered evidence of emotional maturity. It is the absence of this capacity which… — Anthony Storr Attachment Copy Share Image
Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms. — Anthony Storr Accepted Copy Share Image
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