--- title: "4 David N. Elkins Quotes - Famous Psychologist" description: "David N. Elkins has 4 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-david-n-elkins-71575.jpg" --- ![Portrait of David N. Elkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-david-n-elkins-71575.jpg) # David N. Elkins Psychologist **4** quotes in **21** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet David N. Elkins is a psychologist. ## Quick Facts About David N. Elkins Profession Psychologist ## Quotes by David N. Elkins > [“While art should never become exclusionary and elitist, any culture which fails to support its artists is only contributing to its own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-n-elkins/while-art-should-never-become-exclusionary-and-elitist-any-culture/) David N. Elkins [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/david-n-elkins-71575_art_while-art-should-never-become-exclusiona_524113.jpg) > [“Perhaps the day will come where the validity of one's spirituality will be judged not by the correctness of one's theology but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-n-elkins/perhaps-the-day-will-come-where-the-validity-of-one-s-spirituality/) David N. Elkins [Authenticity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authenticity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/david-n-elkins-71575_authenticity_perhaps-the-day-will-come-where-the-vali_672618.jpg) > [“The same sensitivity that opens artists to Being also makes them vulnerable to the dark powers of non-Being. It is no accident…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-n-elkins/the-same-sensitivity-that-opens-artists-to-being-also-makes-them/) David N. Elkins [Anxiety](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxiety/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b0/david-n-elkins-71575_anxiety_the-same-sensitivity-that-opens-artists_2294162.jpg) > [“In my more rebellious days I tried to doubt the existence of the sacred, but the universe kept dancing and life kept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-n-elkins/in-my-more-rebellious-days-i-tried-to-doubt-the-existence-of-the/) David N. Elkins [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/david-n-elkins-71575_life_in-my-more-rebellious-days-i-tried-to-do_2765839.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-n-elkins/#itemlist", "name": "David N. 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