The only difference between me and a madman is that I’m not mad. Salvador Dali
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively. Voltaire
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher. Ambrose Bierce
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Jean Cocteau
It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities. Marcus Aurelius
Madness is rare in individuals, but in groups, parties, nations and ages is it the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche
There is a pleasure sure in being mad which none but madmen know. John Dryden
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? Ursula Le Guin
Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. R D Laing
There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him. Antonin Artaud
In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom! J G Ballard
No great genius is without an admixture of madness. Aristotle.