#craziness

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good poet, he and his sane compositions never reach perfection, but are utterly eclipsed by the performances of the inspired madman. ↗

— Socrates

#mental-illness #writing #writing-life #inspirational

We usually surprised everyone, and still do, as we keep the craziness onstage. ↗

— John Gallagher

#everyone #keep #onstage #still #surprised

Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#confusion #craziness #desperation #good-life #life

I believe in love. I believe in good stories. I play really hard on the weekends because I like to have those stories. My wife and I go off and do craziness all the time. We're just like, 'What can we go get into this weekend?' Then we have other ones where we just sit and do nothing and then we have work that we do. It's all memories. ↗

— Channing Tatum

#believe #craziness #get #go #good

What America is, to me, is a guy doesn't want to buy, you let him not buy, you respect his not buying. A guy has a crazy notion different from your crazy notion, you pat him on the back and say, Hey pal, nice crazy notion, let's go have a beer. America, to me, should be shouting all the time, a bunch of shouting voices, most of them wrong, some of them nuts, but please, not just one droning glamorous reasonable voice. ↗

— George Saunders

#america #americans #buying #craziness #difference

Well, Daddy, I used to believe that artists went crazy in the process of creating the beautiful works of art that kept society sane. Nowadays, though, artists make intentionally ugly art that’s only supposed to reflect society rather than inspire it. So I guess we’re all loony together now, loony rats in the shithouse of commercialism. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#artists #craziness #sanity #society #art

I give thanks everyday that I've been able to take my craziness and make it work for me. ↗

— Fritz Scholder

#been #craziness #everyday #give #i

California lacks a lot of the rules and restrictions the East has. Every house is a different style, different material, different color. There's a lot of craziness out there. ↗

— Parker Stevenson

#color #craziness #different #different color #east

Glory: I look around at this world you're so eager to be a part of and all I see is six billion lunatics looking for the fastest ride out. Who's not crazy? Look around, everyone's drinking, smoking, shooting up, shooting each other, or just plain screwing their brains out 'cause they don't want 'em anymore. I'm crazy? Honey, I'm the original one-eyed chicklet in the kingdom of the blind, 'cause at least I admit the world makes me nuts. ↗

— Douglas Petrie

#honesty #humans #paradox #world #crazy