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Eric Maisel Quotes

Affirmations need to be used if they are to become incorporated into the fabric of your being Picture Quote #1

The artist’s task is to become a successful eccentric, a strange but wise duck able to venture out of solitary confinement and mingle among society Picture Quote #1

It is the job of each artist to believe in the possibility of meaningful, substantial, and sustainable change Picture Quote #1

Dream, but expect nothing. Desire, but expect nothing. Hope, but expect nothing. Release your need to control and gain real control Picture Quote #1

As the artist matures she is continuously shaken by what she manages to discover: by the earth shifting beneath her feet once again, by her own amazed, ringing laughter Picture Quote #1

An artist feels vulnerable to begin with; and yet the only answer is to recklessly discard more armour Picture Quote #1

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Abstraction is itself an abstract word and has no single meaning... Every word in our language is abstract, because it represents something else Picture Quote #1

Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters Picture Quote #1

Affirmations are not bound up in rules. An affirmation can be long or short, poetic or plain. If you love a phrase and find that it helps you, that is a valid affirmation Picture Quote #1

To create you must quiet your mind. You need a quiet mind so that ideas will have a chance of connecting Picture Quote #1

You can sweat by not practicing or you can pick up your clarinet. There’s good sweat and there’s bad sweat Picture Quote #1

The artist’s personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression Picture Quote #1

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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 make them greedy and turn dreams into unrealizable obsessions Picture Quote #1

While it may feel natural to devote yourself to your creative work and succumb to feelings of separation and alienation, it nevertheless isn’t a terrific idea in terms of your overall happiness and health Picture Quote #1

When you flow like water you bring all of your talents and resources to your creative work... Flow around every obstacle you encounter, including any you’ve erected yourself Picture Quote #1

Even though we require flexibility to negotiate our changing circumstances, we are rather built to anxiously turn away from alternatives Picture Quote #1

A creative block is a fear about the future, a guess about the dangers dwelling in the dark computer and the locked studio Picture Quote #1

Because she favours solitude and indwelling, an artist can live a significantly more claustrophobic life that she had ever intended Picture Quote #1

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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 make new life and feel good in the process Picture Quote #1

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 friend and advocate Picture Quote #1

The artist can’t paint, sing, or dance without emotion: if he does, he is a machine masquerading as a person Picture Quote #1

Do I doubt the painting I’ve just painted because it is not right or because I can never like what I do? Picture Quote #1

Rekindling hope, engaging in inner work, and venturing into the world amount to a complete plan for picking yourself up when you’re down Picture Quote #1

Hurray for criticism, if it means that an artist’s voice is heard. Let the wise artist invite criticism and survive it when it comes Picture Quote #1

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Revealing secrets can bring us pain or get us into trouble, but worse pain and worse trouble await us if we keep silent...Revealing secrets can bring us pain or get us into trouble, but worse pain and worse trouble await us if we keep silent? we become habitually untruthful. The door to our creativity closes. gr we become habitually untruthful. The door to our creativity closes Picture Quote #1

$Who knows how many artists fail because the light that shines through them is defracted in a thousand directions and not concentrated in a single beam? Picture Quote #1$

While artists fervently believe that the art marketplace was invented by the devil and remains in his henchman’s hands, they have no choice but to carry long spoons and sup there Picture Quote #1

The artist who pictures sounds as colours, who feels the difference in microns between one sea green and another... is not attending to what the world considers important Picture Quote #1

To decide to reach for this blue and not that one, to switch styles or subject matter, to move, in the middle of a sentence, in one direction or another, to commit to this book when that one is also calling, are the sorts of choices that artists must make if they are to function Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Affirmations need to be used if they are to become incorporated into the fabric of your being (Eric Maisel Quotes) The artist’s task is to become a successful eccentric, a strange but wise duck able to venture out of solitary confinement and mingle among society (Eric Maisel Quotes) It is the job of each artist to believe in the possibility of meaningful, substantial, and sustainable change (Eric Maisel Quotes) Dream, but expect nothing. Desire, but expect nothing. Hope, but expect nothing. Release your need to control and gain real control (Eric Maisel Quotes) As the artist matures she is continuously shaken by what she manages to discover: by the earth shifting beneath her feet once again, by her own amazed, ringing laughter (Eric Maisel Quotes) An artist feels vulnerable to begin with; and yet the only answer is to recklessly discard more armour (Eric Maisel Quotes) Abstraction is itself an abstract word and has no single meaning... Every word in our language is abstract, because it represents something else (Eric Maisel Quotes) Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters (Eric Maisel Quotes) Affirmations are not bound up in rules. An affirmation can be long or short, poetic or plain. If you love a phrase and find that it helps you, that is a valid affirmation (Eric Maisel Quotes) To create you must quiet your mind. You need a quiet mind so that ideas will have a chance of connecting (Eric Maisel Quotes) You can sweat by not practicing or you can pick up your clarinet. There’s good sweat and there’s bad sweat (Eric Maisel Quotes) The artist’s personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression (Eric Maisel Quotes) 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 make them greedy and turn dreams into unrealizable obsessions (Eric Maisel Quotes) While it may feel natural to devote yourself to your creative work and succumb to feelings of separation and alienation, it nevertheless isn’t a terrific idea in terms of your overall happiness and health (Eric Maisel Quotes) When you flow like water you bring all of your talents and resources to your creative work... Flow around every obstacle you encounter, including any you’ve erected yourself (Eric Maisel Quotes) Even though we require flexibility to negotiate our changing circumstances, we are rather built to anxiously turn away from alternatives (Eric Maisel Quotes) A creative block is a fear about the future, a guess about the dangers dwelling in the dark computer and the locked studio (Eric Maisel Quotes) Because she favours solitude and indwelling, an artist can live a significantly more claustrophobic life that she had ever intended (Eric Maisel Quotes) 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 make new life and feel good in the process (Eric Maisel Quotes) 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 friend and advocate (Eric Maisel Quotes) The artist can’t paint, sing, or dance without emotion: if he does, he is a machine masquerading as a person (Eric Maisel Quotes) Do I doubt the painting I’ve just painted because it is not right or because I can never like what I do? (Eric Maisel Quotes) Rekindling hope, engaging in inner work, and venturing into the world amount to a complete plan for picking yourself up when you’re down (Eric Maisel Quotes) Hurray for criticism, if it means that an artist’s voice is heard. Let the wise artist invite criticism and survive it when it comes (Eric Maisel Quotes) Revealing secrets can bring us pain or get us into trouble, but worse pain and worse trouble await us if we keep silent...Revealing secrets can bring us pain or get us into trouble, but worse pain and worse trouble await us if we keep silent? we become habitually untruthful. The door to our creativity closes. gr we become habitually untruthful. The door to our creativity closes (Eric Maisel Quotes) Who knows how many artists fail because the light that shines through them is defracted in a thousand directions and not concentrated in a single beam? (Eric Maisel Quotes) While artists fervently believe that the art marketplace was invented by the devil and remains in his henchman’s hands, they have no choice but to carry long spoons and sup there (Eric Maisel Quotes) The artist who pictures sounds as colours, who feels the difference in microns between one sea green and another... is not attending to what the world considers important (Eric Maisel Quotes) To decide to reach for this blue and not that one, to switch styles or subject matter, to move, in the middle of a sentence, in one direction or another, to commit to this book when that one is also calling, are the sorts of choices that artists must make if they are to function (Eric Maisel Quotes) 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 (Eric Maisel Quotes)

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