Being considered or labeled mentally disordered — abnormal, crazy, mad, psychotic, sick, it matters not what variant is used — is the most profoundly discrediting classification that can be imposed on a person today. Mental illness casts the "patient" out of our social order just as surely as heresy cast the "witch" out of medieval society. That, indeed, is the very purpose of stigma terms. —Thomas Szasz More about this quote Tags: society stigma illness mental illness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill — it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I'm all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I'll always remain half crazy. —Vincent Van Gogh More about this quote Tags: art work mental illness crazy outsider immersion Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email