Do we need to be crazy to be creative?

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Are we more creative if we're crazy?

Painter Edvard Munch was hospitalized several times for psychiatric illness, and said it was "part of me and my art. I want to keep those sufferings."

But he created some of his best work after treatment.

[From post Creativity and madness: The Abnormal Psychology of Creativity.]
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Creativity researcher Dean Keith Simonton thinks "Outright disorder usually inhibits rather than helps creative expression."

Tim Burton says, "I've always been blessed with being easily ignored or avoided. I think maybe it's because people think I look a little crazy."

[From post Madness and creativity: do we need to be crazy?]
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Munch artwork clips from Edvard Munch by pelimencheta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EVVBcv3FQk

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