Art Quote by Chuck Close

Throughout human history, some of our most influential inventors, entrepreneurs, and leaders have had disabilities. For example, Bill Gates, Sir Richard Branson, and Charles…

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

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

Many people with dyslexia truly suffer, and their lives are worse off for having had that disability.

— Malcolm Gladwell

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

In the end, I feel that one has to have a bit of neurosis to go on being an artist. A balanced human seldom…

— Beverly Pepper

“Most artists are lefthanded”

— Adam Anderson

You can be a giant among artists without ever attaining any great skill. Facility is a dangerous thing. When there is too much technical…

— John French Sloan

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 biggest disabilities are when you sabotage yourself mentally, those personal demons that get on your shoulder and you can't shake 'em.

— Zach Anner

For me, artists are the world's pain receptors. That is why they have such a hard time living.

— France Gall

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill - it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one…

— Vincent Van Gogh

There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.

— Mos Def