It goes against an artist's grain to retire. But whether he retires or not, he will age... What work will get done… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
If you create you will also wait, and while you're waiting you will want to be patient but not idle... responses from… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“The only time I can get the thoughts to stop is when I get lost in something very creative and puzzle-like—and then… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
Isn't today a day to devote to craft? Isn't tomorrow? Isn't every day, routinely, until the end of time? — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“First and foremost, she recognizes that life has no single or ultimate meaning. Life only has human meanings of the following sort:… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“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
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
“We are the sort of creature who not only needs to put up firewood and food for the winter but who must… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
A creative block is a fear about the future, a guess about the dangers dwelling in the dark computer and the locked… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
The artist, busy and unsettled, can find a moment's peace - and even whole-being rejuvenation - by quietly attuning to a red… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
We can carve time out of thin air, or we can fill up even infinite stretches of time with nothingness. These are… — 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
