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Madness Quotes

Lines that treat losing control as sometimes necessary.

Madness moves through several registers in this set: a gentle warning that grieving too long can harm the living more than honour the dead, a photographer describing a chaotic city style achieved through cropping and blurring, and an old idea that love, if it's madness, is at least forgivable madness. For more on courage, see Courage.

It takes madness to find out madness.

Quotes by Lady Gregory

I try not to read the social networks too much. I find that way madness lies.

Quotes by Kit Harington

Jack Taylor was a private investigator in Galway, which seemed like madness. I used lots of Galway-isms, which seemed like madness, too.

Quotes by Ken Bruen

Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.

Quotes by John Updike

Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting.

Quotes by John Russell

I think we all have madness in us, it's just that I've realized mine and found a way to let it out.

Quotes by John Glover

In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world.

Quotes by John Forbes Nash, Jr.

I would not dare to say that there is a direct relation between mathematics and madness, but there is no doubt that great mathematicians suffer from maniacal characteristics, delirium, and symptoms of schizophrenia.

Quotes by John Forbes Nash, Jr.

The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness.

Quotes by Jean Cocteau

I don't keep a record of the parts I've played, and I don't compare characters, but maybe I should? I could construct a graphic that grades badness and madness levels? Interesting idea.

Quotes by James Frain

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom.

Quotes by J. G. Ballard

Turin is a city which entices a writer towards vigor, linearity, style. It encourages logic, and through logic it opens the way towards madness.

Quotes by Italo Calvino

We all find joy and radiance and a reason to move on even in the most dire of circumstances. Even in chaos and madness, there's still a beauty that comes from just the vibrancy of another human spirit.

Quotes by Ishmael Beah

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.

Quotes by Isaac Newton

You can't satirise darts, because it's hyper-real as it is; there's already enough over-the-top madness to it.

Quotes by Irvine Welsh

Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness.

Quotes by Ioan Gruffudd

I really wanted to do a deep-dive into the idea that women are always called 'crazy,' and we are painted with such broad strokes because it's so easy to stereotype women and write them off. I got tired of that,...

Quotes by Iliza Shlesinger

Anger is a short madness.

Quotes by Horace

In the end, madness is worse than injustice, and justice far sweeter than freedom.

Quotes by Hisham Matar

The world has always gone through periods of madness so as to advance a bit on the road to reason.

Quotes by Hermann Broch

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Madness quotes page cover?
It treats losing control as sometimes meaningful, spanning grief, artistic chaos, love, and the freedom found in letting go.
Why do people search for quotes about madness?
Madness quotes give language to intense emotion, whether that's grief, passion, or creative energy that resists tidy explanation.
Is there a gentle quote about grief in this set?
Yes, one line cautions against excessive mourning for those who died, calling it a quiet harm to those still living rather than true honor for the departed.
Does this page connect madness to creativity?
One entry describes a photographer chasing a chaotic, energetic city style through cropping and blurring, tying madness to artistic method.
What related pages should I explore next?
Try Courage for related boldness, or Genius for more on creative extremes.

One closing line even argues a little madness is required to cut loose and be free, tying the theme to liberation rather than loss of control. Continue with Genius or Best.