“Tortured” Artists Are Actually Less Creative, Study Suggests

Click Here to Read: “Tortured” Artists Are Actually Less Creative, Study Suggests: In a new paper, two economists argue that artists’ creative output suffers in the periods immediately following the death of a loved one by Claire Voon on the HyperAllergic Website on December 5, 2017.

1889 self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh, the unwitting poster boy for “tortured artists” everywhere (Public Domain image)