“We have arrived at an interesting moment in the evolution of our species when a smart person in a first-world culture is… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“We see how boredom arises as a special, terrible problem for smart people. A smart person has a lively brain; that brain… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“Except under dire circumstances or as a day job to support creative endeavors, a smart person is not so likely to want… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“But at heart what we are talking about is not pathology but an intense conflictual knowing, a knowing that we are worthy… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“A smart person is even more likely to suppose that his brain is equal to the challenges he faces, even such frankly… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“That as a smart person, whose brain races faster and harder than the next person's, you can't accomplish something like stopping your… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“We'll learn more about how the brain operates, how matter works, and what fills up empty space. But even if we evolve… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“Meaning is primarily a subjective psychological experience. A smart person is more likely than the next person to be aware of its… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“A smart person, one who perhaps had her mind filled with religious ideas as a child but who recognizes that genuine mysteries… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“The choices aren't between a false but soothing mysticism and an acceptance of an indifferent universe. Rather, the choice is between an… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“That hundreds of millions of people believe that a man named Noah built an ark and put all of the world's species… — 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
