Art Quote by Eric Maisel

I don't agree with this romantic fantasy that people who suffer from depression are more likely to be artists. I find that I am…

— Sinead O'Connor

That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.

— Ernest Hemingway

An artist must learn to be nourished by his passions and by his despairs.

— Francis Bacon

I feel ever so strongly that an artist must be nourished by his passions and his despairs. These things alter an artist whether for…

— Francis Bacon

When anyone seriously pursues an art - painting, poetry, sculpture, composing - over twenty or thirty years, the sustained discipline carries the artist down…

— Robert Bly

Creative people are more prone to depression.

— Adam Ant

Depression is a real demon in the woods for a lot of creative people, you know? It's part of what the documentary is trying…

— Ethan Hawke

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is…

— Aldous Huxley

I would like to think that an artist's mental health is taken into consideration more now.

— Kate Nash

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

I find as an artist if I'm not expressed relatively consistently, I get really depressed.

— Alanis Morissette

...why is an artist an artist? Artists simply do feel and see things in a different way to other people. In a way it's…

— Roger Waters