Eric Maisel Quotes
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One visit with a child can supply us with enough creativity dust to last for a lifetime... Visit with children like you're the child you ought to be more often.
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Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion.
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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 remaining time? ...Can he find a little peace in this twilight? Or must he still rush on, restlessly and hungrily, to the very end?
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Our desire is to grow so quiet and to work so deeply that we participate fully in the mystery in which we're embedded. When we manage to do that we feel as if we have merged with the universe; for the duration of that experience we feel immortal.
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The growth that an artist seeks is a fine combination of mastering craft, garnering an audience, maintaining one's mental health, and working mightily from a ever-expanding base of experience.
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Almost nothing beautiful or brilliant happens unless a person has thought about it a lot.
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An alive piece of art may be more alive than much of its audience, and with this odd truth artists must make peace.
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The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression.
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While some part of the artwork may fail, the whole may have its own unique importance.
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A creative block is a fear about the future, a guess about the dangers dwelling in the dark computer and the locked studio.
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Live intensely and dangerously. The world may not depend on your efforts, but you do.