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Chaos is everywhere - and artists, to fashion art and live truthfully, have no choice but to invite this unwanted guest right into the studio.
Eric Maisel
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Eric Maisel
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: January 14
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I am a human being and an artist: I really, simply, surely am.
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Go directly to work' means... when an idea strikes, you drop everything and when your work bell tolls, you answer it.
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Deconstruction is great for the intellect, but it hurts the heart terribly.
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Art and business may be strange bedfellows, but an artist must make room in her bed for both.
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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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Artists are often poignantly careless about making and keeping friends.
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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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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.
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Creativity requires introspection, self-examination, and a willingness to take risks. Because of this, artists are perhaps more susceptible to self-doubt and despair than those who do not court the creative muses.
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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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The artist at her best - wild, passionate, rebellious, and human - is often too large and truthful a creature for society's taste. The artist at her most outlandish - profane, eccentric, even a little mad - is at least as disquieting a figure.
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A long, deep breath is the equivalent of a full stop and the key to centering.
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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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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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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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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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Settle into mystery as you would settle into your most comfortable chair. Listen. Have visions. Lose yourself.
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Ambition is vital, but dangerous: it is a keen motive and a driving force, but over what edge can it drive the artist?
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