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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.

Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.

Quotes by Henry Miller

Getting mad only leads to madness.

Quotes by Greg Gutfeld

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.

Quotes by Graham Greene

A lot of people thought this dream must be madness, but we are not crazy.

Quotes by Gloria Trevi

It is madness to attempt to hold. In the first place the troops cannot do it and in the second place if they do not retreat they will be destroyed. I repeat that this order be rescinded or that you...

Quotes by Gerd von Rundstedt

There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us.

Quotes by Geraldine Brooks

I'll give up this sort of touring madness certainly, but music-everything is based on music. No, I'll never stop my music.

Quotes by George Harrison

But my doubt would not be overcome. Kierkegaard had declared that it was only to the consciousness of sin that Christianity was not horror or madness. For me it was sometimes both.

Quotes by Georg Brandes

It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one may not wake up the following morning.

Quotes by Frank Auerbach

Our constancy, same might call it our madness, was necessary to wear down the oppressive forces of the old democracy which, in Spain, was a hundred years behind the times.

Quotes by Federica Montseny

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Backstage at the Victoria's Secret show is pure madness. Big personalities, big hair, and tons of press.

Quotes by Erin Heatherton

On the steps is a machine-gun ready for action. The square is empty; only the streets that lead into it are jammed with people. It would be madness to go farther - the machine-gun is covering the square.

Quotes by Erich Maria Remarque

We derive our vitality from our store of madness.

Quotes by Emil Cioran

So long as man is protected by madness - he functions - and flourishes.

Quotes by Emil Cioran

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

Edgar Allan Poe

When I did 'Cyrano' for Roundabout, I was originally supposed to direct and play the title role, but I quickly realized that was madness, and we called in Jamie Lloyd, who directed me in Osborne's 'Inadmissible Evidence.'

Quotes by Douglas Hodge

What I've tried to do is bring the madness out in the open. Keep it under wraps, and it erupts into wars and violence.

Quotes by Dory Previn

So reports of my madness, as they say, were greatly exaggerated. Not that I give a bugger either way.

Quotes by David Icke

Trying to write music that's sensitive to 400 years ago takes a bit of madness, as it's such a long stretch of time.

Quotes by Damon Albarn

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.