taming geniuses

When I hold a book by a genius, I feel the weight of a lifetime of obsession. (Works of geniuses are always based on one single fundamental idea that is obsessed over and revisited in various forms across time.) Then I thank the author for going through such pain and prize the book like a treasure.

Geniuses should not be allowed to go to psychologists. Their obsessions are way too important to be tamed.

“[My troubles] are part of me and my art. They are indistinguishable from me, and [treatment] would destroy my art. I want to keep those sufferings.”
- Edvard Munch