“As all creative people, we have our optimistic side and a darker side. Yes, I would say that I am more optimistic than not. I have written some very lush pieces when I was at low ebb, and some highly energized pieces when carrying a great sadness. It seems that I am getting more optimistic as I get older - life is a lot of fun!” PeopleFunCreativeSadnessOptimisticCreative People Author:Barbara Harbach
“Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.” FeelsPainCreativityCreativeSadnessNegativityBe CreativeFeeling SadSadness And Anger Author:Yoko Ono
“I don't need to manufacture trauma in my life to be creative. I have a big enough reservoir of sadness or emotional trauma to last me.” NeedsEnoughBigsLastsCreativeSadnessEmotionalTraumaBe CreativeReservoirsEmotional Trauma Author:Sting
“Sadness is the matrix from which wit and irony spring; sadness is uncomfortable and creative, which is why consumer society cannot tolerate it.” CreativeSadnessSpringWitConsumersIronyUncomfortableTolerate Book:The Whole Woman Source: The Whole Woman
“Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition. These findings add to the growing evidence that good mood, intuition, creativity, gullibility, and increased reliance on System 1 form a cluster. At the other pole, sadness, vigilance, suspicion, an analytic approach, and increased effort also go together. A happy mood loosens the control of System 2 over performance: when in a good mood, people become more intuitive and more creative but also less vigilant and more prone to logical errors.” PeopleTogetherFormLosesEffortCreativityCreativeGrowingSadnessFindingsApproachEvidencePerformancesAddErrorsIntuitionMoodUnhappyOperationsUncomfortableLogicalSuspicionIntuitiveRelianceVigilanceVigilantAnalyticsClustersGullibilityGood Mood Book:Thinking, Fast and Slow Source: Thinking, Fast and Slow
“Creativity starts with humanity when were being human we feel - joys, sadness, when we're sick, when we're nervous” FeelsHumansJoyHumanityCreativityCreativeSadnessSickNervousBeing Human Author:Marilyn Monroe
“If there was sadness in this creative world of mine, it was a pleasant sadness. If there were problems, they were humorous problems.” IfsWorldProblemCreativeSadnessMinesHumorousPleasant Book:Norman Rockwell and the Saturday Evening Post Source: Norman Rockwell and the Saturday Evening Post
“Creating doesn't make us unhappy, unhappiness makes us creative. To create is to live, and in living, we want only to creat more, to set our foundations depper and reach higher toward the sky. If sadness is what makes us creative, then sadness is nothing else but life.” IfsWantCreativeSadnessSkyHigherCreatingFoundationUnhappyUnhappiness Author:Eric G. Wilson