Anthony Storr

“The creative person is constantly seeking to discover himself, to remodel his own personality, and to find meaning in the universe through what he creates.”

“It is a paradox that the more dependent the child is on the mother, the more the mother is bound to the child.”

“If we did not have the capacity to be alone, we would not be able to be with others.”

“The opposite of play is not what is serious but what is real.”

“The capacity to be alone is a valuable resource when life is full of stress and strain.”

“Love is our pivotal capacity to connect with others.”

“It is only when we are no longer dependent upon the opinions of others that we can be truly free.”

“Originality, it is said, is the art of concealing one's sources.”

“In the last resort, we must all of us find our own faith or lack of it, and for most of us it is death which provides the ultimate challenge.”

“The ability to be alone is one of the most important aspects of mental health.”

“The mature person is one who is able to be objective about himself and his own behavior.”

“The creative process, like a spiritual journey, is an attempt to express the ineffable.”

“One of the tasks of mid-life is to reappraise the external world and our place in it.”

“Depressive states can be understood as a failure of the aggressive, forward-moving, life-asserting-potential of the individual.”