Cathartic Quotes

53 quotes by 49 authors

I was very empty after my father passed away. It was an emotional time, as it would be for anyone, but to be in the… — Dhani Harrison
Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation... — Aldous Huxley
I was very happy, I think part of the point of this creativity is to do something that helps you in a cathartic sense. — Winston Graham
There is something cathartic about having absolute loss articulated. — Robert Pinsky
The paintings each take several months to do and it's quite a cathartic and intense experience that's very pleasurable, but also very strange. — Oliver Jeffers
And music has always been incredibly cathartic for me, whether it's writing my own stuff or singing other people's music; it's very freeing. — Sarah McLachlan
Trauma happens in relationships, so it can only be healed in relationships. Art can't provide healing. It can be cathartic and therapeutic but a relationship… — Alanis Morissette
I've always enjoyed doing dishes. Maybe it was the fashionable yellow gloves that I loved so much. It's weird, I know, but I find cleaning… — Rachel Nichols
A lot of people say it's cathartic to cook, and I'm like, 'How is it cathartic washing all these dishes?' — Sherri Shepherd
I'm perfectly happy complaining, because it's cathartic, and I'm perfectly happy arguing with people on the Internet because arguing is my favourite pastime - not… — Linus Torvalds
Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good… — Ville Valo
I'd written Smashed not because I was ambitious and not because writing down my feelings was cathartic (it felt more like playing one's own neurosurgeon… — Koren Zailckas
Another response to racism has been the establishment of unlearning racism workshops, which are often led by white women. These workshops are important, yet they… — Bell Hooks
Because whipping an atlas at Jackson's head while he was flirt-touching that Frankie girl in geography would have been very satisfying. And beating him with… — Lisi Harrison
The power of music, whether joyous or cathartic must steal on one unawares, come spontaneously as a blessing or a grace-- — Oliver Sacks
My wife Cecily Adams was dying of cancer, my daughter Madeline was struggling to overcome an autism diagnosis, and my father was dying, all at… — Jim Beaver
Populism has had as many incarnations as it has had provocations, but its constant ingredient has been resentment, and hence whininess. Populism does not wax… — George Will
Having the opportunity to express myself through music has been extremely cathartic for me my entire life. — Sarah McLachlan
Violence can be very grotesque and also intensely attractive. What interests me is how the two - beauty and violence - live side by side,… — Ori Gersht
Somerset desperately needs more high-end music making on its doorstep, so the chance to share great music spanning genres as diverse as orchestral classics, trip… — Charles Hazlewood

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