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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.

Eric Maisel

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Eric Maisel
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: January 14
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