It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships, and some are extremely isolated. It is also true that, in some insta…

- Anthony Storr

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

- Anthony Storr

The creative person is constantly seeking to discover himself, to remodel his own identity, and to find meaning in what he creates.

- Anthony Storr

Whether a belief is considered to be a delusion or not depends partly upon the intensity with which it is defended, and partly upon the numbers of pe…

- Anthony Storr

The ecstatic state of wholeness is bound to be transient because it has no part in the total pattern of ‘adaptation through maladaptation’ which is c…

- Anthony Storr

The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.

- Anthony Storr

In a culture in which interpersonal relationships are generally considered to provide the answer to every form of distress, it is sometimes difficult…

- Anthony Storr

Avoidance behavior is a response designed to protect the infant from behavioral disorganization. If we transfer this concept to adult life, we can se…

- Anthony Storr

Imagination flourishes best in solitude.

- Anthony Storr