Comments on: Crazy Artists

By: James Dobson

James Dobson — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:37:23 +0000

Artists create art because they are driven to. Ideas pop into their head and are expanded on. Some of these ideas turn into other ideas that lead to more art. You can call that insane I guess if you like, but it’s no more insane then what a scientist does, or an architect, or a horticulturist.

Artists are not insane, it’s everyone else in the world that needs to follow their bliss instead of doing what someone else thinks they should do who are insane.

By: Steve Durbin

Steve Durbin — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:45:26 +0000

shauna,

This is a discussion that will go on forever. What’s most interesting to me is not any general connection between creativity and “craziness”–for which I’ve never seen convincing evidence–but the apparent fact that people can’t resist this stereotype.

If you don’t mind telling us, I’d love to hear how you think your particular brand of “crazy” influences your art or not.

By: shauna

shauna — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:20:29 +0000

lol. i know this whole argument was two years ago, but as a ‘crazy’ person who does art i would just like to say that the evidence of rex’s own frustration with dealing with a person who obviously rejected his ideas are highly evident. then instead of him just saying, ok this person doen’t want my help, he goes on to label him as crazy and socially inept!!! then he goes onto question the validity of other ‘crazy’ artist success by his own expectations on what he believes success is to him.
from my own personal experience, i don’t produce a piece of art to sell. i don’t do it to show off to other people. i don’t even care if another person appreciates it because it is part of what is in me and is a way to externalise my frustrating thoughts. art for me is a personal journey and i would prefer not to sell my soul to the devil.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:39:25 +0000

This is my favorite painting by the fabulous van gough.
He was an amazing artist, not very social though.He cut off his ear and sent it by mail to the one he loved. :-0……. scary right??????????…..

By: kate Bailey

kate Bailey — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:32:46 +0000

i love van gogh’s work ! i love art.
need more pictures
less writing ….x

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:24:55 +0000

No artists are better when they are crazy we have more to pull from just look at Van Gough, Rapheal has never painted anything so beautiful/deep

We are deeper/better when we are crazy or even quirky in some way

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:46:58 +0000

An Apple video on Youtube casts the Crazy Ones in a rather positive light:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No1MxAnHuJM

Sorry, Rex, it has Picasso in it.