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Creativity is the marriage humanity makes with eternity.

Eric Maisel

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Eric Maisel
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: January 14
Author
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Psychologist
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The Bronx
New York City
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Humanity
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The artist is a god, but he is also an idiot. That is the human way.
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Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion.
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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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