artistic temperament
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]artistic temperament (plural artistic temperaments)
- (euphemistic) A disposition towards obsession and extremes of emotion, especially depression and anger.
- 1899, G. K. Chesterton, “On the Wit of Whistler”, in Heretics:
- The artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs. It is a disease which arises from men not having sufficient power of expression to utter and get rid of the element of art in their being.