The artist... may suppose that ideas are his chief currency; but unless he is also attuned to feelings, in life and in… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
Who knows how many artists fail because the light that shines through them is defracted in a thousand directions and not concentrated… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
An artist... must actively caress wonder: for fascination, like the desire to play, can be eradicated by the rigors of living. — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
A time comes, after years in the trenches, when the artist begins to fathom what his career has looked like so far… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
The artist's task is to become a successful eccentric, a strange but wise duck able to venture out of solitary confinement and… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
An artist feels vulnerable to begin with; and yet the only answer is to recklessly discard more armour. — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
The growth that an artist seeks is a fine combination of mastering craft, garnering an audience, maintaining one's mental health, and working… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
An artist must struggle to accept the shape of this universe - and achieve some important successes... — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
Because she favours solitude and indwelling, an artist can live a significantly more claustrophobic life that she had ever intended. — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression. — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
Ambition is vital, but dangerous: it is a keen motive and a driving force, but over what edge can it drive the… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
It is the artist's job to revere beauty without being enchanted by it, to aim for it but also to aim for… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
Hurray for criticism, if it means that an artist's voice is heard. Let the wise artist invite criticism and survive it when… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
Affirmations need to be used if they are to become incorporated into the fabric of your being. — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
The wise artist makes peace with the fact that he will understand less than he had anticipated. — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
Creativity requires introspection, self-examination, and a willingness to take risks. Because of this, artists are perhaps more susceptible to self-doubt and despair than those… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
You can't plan in advance for everything - every mood swing, every mistake you might make in execution, every shift in your circumstances. But… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
It is in an artist's real interest to congratulate herself more often: not out of narcissism, but in her role as her own dear… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“What if you can't help but judge life negatively? What if yesterday felt awful, today feels awful, and tomorrow is likely to feel awful… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression. — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“The song you write may be beautiful, the research you conceive may be beautiful, but you are the real beauty in life.” — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“How you conceptualize meaning matters. If you hold that it is outside of yourself and must be tracked down, you have one idea of… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
Artists have wild desires and a terrible hunger to achieve... Without it they haven't the juice for striving or loving. But desire also can… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
If you bring your sexual impulses to your creative work... you'll be working from deep in the genetic code, down where life wants to… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
