Grief Quote by Gideon Rathbone

“Painting is a great outlet for those inner emotions you cannot get out any other way.”

— Carol Brearley

“I don't recognise any of my emotions any more. There's no such thing as plain joy or grief. It's horror and relief and panic…

— Elizabeth Wein

“I wanted to tell you that I was so sad I felt as if I might be happy, or in love, simply because such…

— Chris Adrian

“True art was based upon despair, and the important thing was to make yourself and those around you as miserable as possible.”

— David Sedaris

“If art can help us grieve, can help us mourn, then lean on it.”

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

“Feeling sorry for myself was an art.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances.”

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“That’s the thing about art. It really helps to be unhappy.”

— Jonathan Hull

“Mostly I have felt myself becoming a servant of sadness. I am still looking for the beauty in that.”

— Maggie Nelson

“Sometimes, just crying things out was therapeutic, especially when there was nothing else that could be done.”

— Jess Bowen

“I suffered immensely. Then it passed away. I cannot repeat an emotion. No one can, except sentimentalists.”

— Oscar Wilde

“I am aware of sadness, of a sense of loss. Here, I say, we have lived, we have been happy. This has been ours,…

— Daphne du Maurier