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> [The artist who pictures sounds as colours, who feels the difference in microns between one sea green and another... is not attending to what the world considers important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/the-artist-who-pictures-sounds-as-colours-who-feels-the-difference-in/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

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> [An artist's fine goal is to manifest a well-nigh heroic self-discipline, carefully attending to all that concerns him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/an-artist-s-fine-goal-is-to-manifest-a-well-nigh-heroic-self/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

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## More by Eric Maisel

> [Affirmations need to be used if they are to become incorporated into the fabric of your being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/affirmations-need-to-be-used-if-they-are-to-become-incorporated-into/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

> [The wise artist makes peace with the fact that he will understand less than he had anticipated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/the-wise-artist-makes-peace-with-the-fact-that-he-will-understand/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/creativity-requires-introspection-self-examination-and-a-willingness/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

> [You can't plan in advance for everything - every mood swing, every mistake you might make in execution, every shift in your circumstances. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/you-can-t-plan-in-advance-for-everything-every-mood-swing-every/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/it-is-in-an-artist-s-real-interest-to-congratulate-herself-more-often/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/what-if-you-can-t-help-but-judge-life-negatively-what-if-yesterday/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

> [The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/the-artist-s-personality-built-upon-strong-desires-and-compassionate/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

> [“The song you write may be beautiful, the research you conceive may be beautiful, but you are the real beauty in life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/the-song-you-write-may-be-beautiful-the-research-you-conceive-may-be/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

> [“How you conceptualize meaning matters. If you hold that it is outside of yourself and must be tracked down, you have one idea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/how-you-conceptualize-meaning-matters-if-you-hold-that-it-is-outside/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/artists-have-wild-desires-and-a-terrible-hunger-to-achieve-without-it/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/if-you-bring-your-sexual-impulses-to-your-creative-work-you-ll-be/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

> [The artist is a god, but he is also an idiot. That is the human way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/the-artist-is-a-god-but-he-is-also-an-idiot-that-is-the-human-way/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/it-goes-against-an-artist-s-grain-to-retire-but-whether-he-retires-or/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

> [Boredom is the thing that regularly arrives between excitements and episodes of meaning: it is as natural as the tides, and in it an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/boredom-is-the-thing-that-regularly-arrives-between-excitements-and/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

> [The middle way cannot be achieved by dividing two extremes in half.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/the-middle-way-cannot-be-achieved-by-dividing-two-extremes-in-half/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

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