Creativity Quote by Michael Bassey Johnson

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

“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

“There are... otherwise quite decent people who are so dull of nature that they believe that they must attribute the swift flight of fancy…

— E.T.A. Hoffmann

“The most recent writers on genius, creativity’s greatest manifestation, agree that it can appear at any point in the life cycle, not just in…

— Lois W. Banner

Some of the brightest, most creative minds have been touched by mental illness.

— Mauro Ranallo

“Many so-called disorders of the mind are simply disorders of thought.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

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

— Stephen Mitchell

Mental illness and creativity are - it's a thin line in between the two. I tend to believe that.

— Bruce Springsteen

“Many people with creative genes also suffer from various neurological disorders; you can be Mozart and still be bipolar,” says Salerian. “There is a…

— Brett Milano

“Insanity is always a reasonable diagnosis when you're dealing with writers and artists”

— Scott Adams

If creative work protects a man against mental illness, it is small wonder that he pursues it with avidity; and even if the state…

— Anthony Storr

“He is smitten on the brain, -he reads and writes verses! I caught him in the act! Fools might say he was inspired; but…

— Edward John Trelawny