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. — 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
The wise artist makes peace with the fact that he will understand less than he had anticipated. — Eric Maisel Copy Share
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
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
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
“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
The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression. — Eric Maisel Copy Share
“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
“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
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
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
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… — Eric Maisel Copy Share
Boredom is the thing that regularly arrives between excitements and episodes of meaning: it is as natural as the tides, and in it an… — Eric Maisel Copy Share
