Someone once said that madness was necessary for creating. Does anybody know who it was? Can't find it.
One must have chaos within oneself, to give birth to a dancing star.
Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
"Peace of mind is the most important prerequisite for creative work."
Niels Bohr
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw
“No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.” -- Aristotle
“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.” -- Seneca