“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, the melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.”
What this quote means
Ebner expresses here the cathartic function of artistic creation. Faced with the anxiety inherent in the human condition, writing, composing, or painting offer an outlet, a way to transform inner chaos into form. This reflection underscores the importance of expression for mental health and invites us to find our own creative path.
How to apply it daily
If you feel overwhelmed by a difficult emotion, write freely about it for ten minutes, without filter, as a release.
Continue
Related quotes
Same author or same theme — keep reading.
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”Create visual
“Very few of us are what we seem.”Create visual
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”Create visual
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”Create visual
“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.”Create visual
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.”Create visual