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

Eric Maisel

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Eric Maisel
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: January 14
Author
Playwright
Psychologist
Teacher
The Bronx
New York City
Dream
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Artists
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Many people are embarrassed to create in public. It feels unseemly to them, like kissing in plain view... Make a spectacle of yourself.
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The artist must possess at least as much conviction as does his enemy, the dogmatic, mealy-mouthed, anti-art bigot.
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All space is space in which to create.
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Settle into mystery as you would settle into your most comfortable chair. Listen. Have visions. Lose yourself.
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Creativity is the marriage humanity makes with eternity.
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By 'expecting nothing' you are not 'giving up.' Far from it! You are making a decision to focus on what needs to be done rather than on outcomes.
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The middle way cannot be achieved by dividing two extremes in half.
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Creativity is the gift that keeps on giving.
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When a thing is not done, continuing to work is the strength but when it is done, the strength lies in stopping.
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While some part of the artwork may fail, the whole may have its own unique importance.
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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.
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Keenly aware of their limitations, artists often remain insecure even as their list of successes grows.
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Make creativity your religion... because creating is soulful work.
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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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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.
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A time comes, after years in the trenches, when the artist begins to fathom what his career has looked like so far and what it will look like if he continues as he's proceeded.
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Love is the spirit that motivates the artist's journey. The love may sublime, raw, obsessive, passionate, awful. or thrilling, but whatever its quality, it's a powerful motive in the artist's life.
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