Eric Maisel Quotes
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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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An artist's fine goal is to manifest a well-nigh heroic self-discipline, carefully attending to all that concerns him.
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The artist... may suppose that ideas are his chief currency; but unless he is also attuned to feelings, in life and in art, he will not move his fellow human beings.
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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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Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion.
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Almost nothing beautiful or brilliant happens unless a person has thought about it a lot.
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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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While some part of the artwork may fail, the whole may have its own unique importance.
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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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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.