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I am a human being and an artist: I really, simply, surely am.

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Eric Maisel
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: January 14
Author
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Psychologist
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The Bronx
New York City
Human
Humans
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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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Because she favours solitude and indwelling, an artist can live a significantly more claustrophobic life that she had ever intended.
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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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Settle into mystery as you would settle into your most comfortable chair. Listen. Have visions. Lose yourself.
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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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