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Let each of us dream of a community of artists and work to make that dream a reality.

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Eric Maisel
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: January 14
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The wise artist makes peace with the fact that he will understand less than he had anticipated.
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The artist can't paint, sing, or dance without emotion: if he does, he is a machine masquerading as a person.
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I am a human being and an artist: I really, simply, surely am.
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Talent is so loaded a word, so full to the brim with meanings, that an artist might be wise to forget about it altogether and just keep on working.
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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.
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