Agree Quote by Sinead O'Connor

The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression.

— Eric Maisel

Creative people are more prone to depression.

— Adam Ant

creative people always suffer from depression because we're so super sensitive and special?

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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

— Alanis Morissette

I wasn't creative when I was depressed. When my depression got treated, I was creative again.

— Shawn Colvin

the moods of sadness that come over anyone who takes up art... these dismal moods have very little compensation.

— Edgar Degas

Depression is the flip side of creative inspiration but it can be useful. It's telling you to stop for a little bit. You can…

— Shaun Tan

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

— Ernest Hemingway

A lot of people who are depressed, I think, are suffering from blocked creativity.

— Patrick Califia

When I'm depressed is when I'm not interested in writing anything, whereas some people, I think, are spurred to creativity through their personal experiences…

— Julia Holter

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

The reason so many intelligent and creative people suffer from depression is that when you take the risk of being fully conscious, you open…

— Michael Redhill