Analysis Quote by Robert Hughes

Vincent van Gogh was sane when he painted that piece of art, because when you you feel the mania and depression, you have all…

— Paul Dalio

“Against all expectations, the symptoms of Van Gogh’s mental illness are conspicuous by their almost complete absence from his letters. Much as he chose…

— Vincent van Gogh

I think that Van Gogh is really the ultimate crazy artist that we all think of.

— Ellen Forney

I think that the mythology of Van Gogh's life, and the beauty of his paintings, is unstoppable.

— Billy Childish

What if Van Gogh had taken medication for his mental illness? Would the world have been deprived of a great artist?

— Peter D. Kramer

“It is possible that the artists are sane and the world they are painting is crazy.”

— William Zinsser

“Madness? Categories such as that do not exist – as far as I'm concerned, everything is healthy, except for fruit and vegetables. In art,…

— Elfriede Jelinek

Art is a guarantee of sanity.

— Louise Bourgeois

Art is man determined to die sane.

— Bernard DeVoto

“Right here people might bring up Vincent van Gogh as an example of a painter who did great work in spite of—or because of—his…

— David Lynch

“One of the things people generally admire about Van Gogh, even though they were not always aware of it, was the way he could…

— David Markson

All forms of madness, bizarre habits, awkwardness in society, general clumsiness, are justified in the person who creates good art.

— Roman Payne