Believe Quote by Bruce Springsteen

Supposedly there's an actual, researched link between extreme creativity and mental illness, and I believe it because I've seen it with my own eyes.

— Deb Caletti

A lot of people who are depressed, I think, are suffering from blocked creativity.

— Patrick Califia

I think creativity is spiritual. I absolutely believe that.

— F. Murray Abraham

Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.

— Stephen Mitchell

“There’s a link between creativity and mental illness,” Lucas continues. “Creative people feel more, think more. They’re more sensitive. Most people try to skim…

— Kyla Stone

“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

Creativity is on the side of health - it isn't the thing that drives us mad; it is the capacity in us that tries…

— Jeanette Winterson

Writers, especially poets, are particularly prone to madness. There exists a striking association between creativity and manic depression. Why are more creative people prone…

— Nick Flynn

I feel like creativity seems to rise up wherever there's been sadness or conflict as a coping mechanism.

— Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

The creativity of people on the schizophrenic end of the human continuum is a creativity that springs from the inability to accept the standardized…

— Ernest Becker

Creativity is a spiritual issue.

— Julia Cameron

“Creativity is not a “thing,” it’s a process that happens as a proactive mental activity to a problem.”

— Pearl Zhu