Ellen Forney Professions : Cartoonist Born : March 8, 1968 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by Ellen Forney I find that stability is good for my creativity. Ellen Forney stability creativity I had this sense that I was part of, sort of a lineage of artists and writers through history that have had mood disorders. Ellen Forney lineage mood artist I just really respond to comics. I find it a really exciting medium. Ellen Forney mediums exciting I think that Van Gogh is really the ultimate crazy artist that we all think of. Ellen Forney crazy artist thinking The way I process things, they way I express myself, is in comics, just as poets process things that they are trying to understand. Ellen Forney poet trying way A sense of electrical current was part of my own experience of being manic. The sensation that my mind was spinning and overheating would sometimes build to a sensation like an electrical short - a burst of light, a melting, or dissipating - and I'd get a metallic taste in my mouth, like when you lick a battery. Ellen Forney batteries light mind For one thing, I don't think art needs to be about suffering; sometimes it really seems like it's only the art about pain that is interpreted as profound, and in my work for years I've really tried to deal with subjects that are substantial, not just fluffy, but presented in a more playful, approachable kind of way. Ellen Forney pain art thinking 'Marbles' really took so much and such a thorough effort from me that I was so happy to tie that up and have it feel satisfying. Ellen Forney feel me effort happy Similar Authors Al Capp cartoonist Bill Amend cartoonist Bryan Lee O'Malley cartoonist Art Spiegelman cartoonist Alison Bechdel cartoonist Alex Toth cartoonist All Authors
