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Creativity is the gift that keeps on giving.

Eric Maisel

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Eric Maisel
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: January 14
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To obsess too virulently is to walk alone in anxiety. But to obsess too little is to wall oneself off from one's own creativity.
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Deconstruction is great for the intellect, but it hurts the heart terribly.
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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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