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The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression.

The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression.

Eric Maisel
Depression, Strong, Artist
Eric Maisel (1996). “Affirmations for Artists”, Tarcher

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.

Eric Maisel
Powerful, Artist, Journey
Eric Maisel (2010). “Creativity for Life: Practical Advice on the Artist's Personality, and Career from America's Foremost Creativity Coach”, p.26, New World Library

Ambition is vital, but dangerous: it is a keen motive and a driving force, but over what edge can it drive the artist?

Eric Maisel
Ambition, Artist, Driving
Eric Maisel (1996). “Affirmations for Artists”, Tarcher

A key to a long, productive writing life is finding ways to support that life, emotionally and existentially.

Eric Maisel
Writing, Keys, Long
Eric Maisel (2006). “A Writer's San Francisco: A Guided Journey for the Creative Soul”, p.128, New World Library

The writer loves the fog as it pours in; he loves the sun when the fog pours out. The rest of California is Beach Boys country, but San Francisco has that moody thing going on, those blues notes wrapped in moisture, an atmosphere that tempers California dreaming and makes life more real. The fog brings reality, but it is still a California reality, one spent outdoors the whole year round.

Eric Maisel
Dream, Country, Beach
Eric Maisel (2010). “A Writer's San Francisco: A Guided Journey for the Creative Soul”, p.7, New World Library

Make creativity your religion... because creating is soulful work.

Eric Maisel
Creativity, Creating, Soulful

As the artist matures she is continuously shaken by what she manages to discover: by the earth shifting beneath her feet once again, by her own amazed, ringing laughter.

Eric Maisel
Laughter, Artist, Feet

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