Eric Maisel Quotes
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Let each of us dream of a community of artists and work to make that dream a reality.
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An alive piece of art may be more alive than much of its audience, and with this odd truth artists must make peace.
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We can carve time out of thin air, or we can fill up even infinite stretches of time with nothingness. These are our choices.
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An artist... must actively caress wonder: for fascination, like the desire to play, can be eradicated by the rigors of living.
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By 'expecting nothing' you are not 'giving up.' Far from it! You are making a decision to focus on what needs to be done rather than on outcomes.
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An artist must struggle to accept the shape of this universe - and achieve some important successes.
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Dream, but expect nothing. Desire, but expect nothing. Hope, but expect nothing. Release your need to control and gain real control.
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It goes against an artist's grain to retire. But whether he retires or not, he will age... What work will get done in the remaining time? ...Can he find a little peace in this twilight? Or must he still rush on, restlessly and hungrily, to the very end?
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Go directly to work' means... when an idea strikes, you drop everything and when your work bell tolls, you answer it.
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Creativity is the gift that keeps on giving.
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Settle into mystery as you would settle into your most comfortable chair. Listen. Have visions. Lose yourself.
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Make creativity your religion... because creating is soulful work.
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You can sweat by not practicing or you can pick up your clarinet. There's good sweat and there's bad sweat.
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I am one powerful self made up of so many selves that sometimes I throw myself a get-acquainted party.
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The middle way cannot be achieved by dividing two extremes in half.
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Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion.
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The wise artist makes peace with the fact that he will understand less than he had anticipated.
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Talent is so loaded a word, so full to the brim with meanings, that an artist might be wise to forget about it altogether and just keep on working.
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No muse shoots darts of insight into the unsuspecting artist.
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A time comes, after years in the trenches, when the artist begins to fathom what his career has looked like so far and what it will look like if he continues as he's proceeded.
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To create you must quiet your mind. You need a quiet mind so that ideas will have a chance of connecting.
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Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters.
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Keenly aware of their limitations, artists often remain insecure even as their list of successes grows.
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One visit with a child can supply us with enough creativity dust to last for a lifetime... Visit with children like you're the child you ought to be more often.
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The more sophisticated we become - as we pierce reality and see the void beyond - the more our sense of wonder is destroyed, along with our reasons for being.
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Boredom is the thing that regularly arrives between excitements and episodes of meaning: it is as natural as the tides, and in it an artist can drown.
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There are an infinite number of rewards you could bestow on yourself for working at your creative projects, and you deserve every one of them.
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An artist who is too self-centered is liable to exhibit faults he abhors: carelessness, callousness, and even downright cruelty.
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A long, deep breath is the equivalent of a full stop and the key to centering.
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Even though we require flexibility to negotiate our changing circumstances, we are rather built to anxiously turn away from alternatives.
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