Maisel Quotes
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Maisel Quotes & Sayings
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Gesture is not always action.
— Jay Maisel
An artist's fine goal is to manifest a well-nigh heroic self-discipline, carefully attending to all that concerns him.
— Eric Maisel
Forget what it was. Look at what it is.
— Jay Maisel
An ability to choose is a necessity for the artist.
— Eric Maisel
Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters.
— Eric Maisel
An essential aspect of self-support is to remind yourself that success is not measurable, but a matter of feeling.
— Eric Maisel
There is no bad light. There is spectacular light and difficult light. It's up to you to use the light you have.
— Jay Maisel
We don't experience light, color, and gesture in a vacuum. We experience it in contexts.
— Jay Maisel
Always wait for the trigger. The trigger is the final part of the puzzle, the reason you want to shoot.
— Jay Maisel
The best camera is the one you have with you.
— Jay Maisel
Almost nothing beautiful or brilliant happens unless a person has thought about it a lot.
— Eric Maisel
You have to pick the right tool for the point you're trying to make and there is no one solution.
— Jay Maisel
To create you must quiet your mind. You need a quiet mind so that ideas will have a chance of connecting.
— Eric Maisel
Pain is not a conduit to art or joy
— Jay Maisel
Keep your mind open. You may very well learn something new about yourself and your pictures.
— Jay Maisel
Creativity is the gift that keeps on giving.
— Eric Maisel
The more light you have in an image, the less drama you get. The details start taking over; the mystery is all gone.
— Jay Maisel
Affirmations need to be used if they are to become incorporated into the fabric of your being.
— Eric Maisel
The strange, unbeautiful face beautiful in its ugliness; the perfect, beautiful face ugly in its perfection.
— Eric Maisel
Never say you're going back - SHOOT IT NOW!
— Jay Maisel
It is the job of each artist to believe in the possibility of meaningful, substantial, and sustainable change.
— Eric Maisel
It's important to realize that the images are everywhere, not just where you want or expect them to be.
— Jay Maisel
You have to learn not only from your failures. You must also learn from your successes.
— Jay Maisel
The result may be important but it's not the actual measure. The measure is the feeling you have made contact with something.
— Eric Maisel
Creativity is the marriage humanity makes with eternity.
— Eric Maisel
The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression.
— Eric Maisel
If you're not shooting in the right direction, it doesn't matter how well you're shooting.
— Jay Maisel
The artist must reckon with his own character flaws, which do not disappear just because he has been called to be an artist.
— Eric Maisel
Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up.
— Jay Maisel
If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you're not out there, you'll only hear about it.
— Jay Maisel
The wise artist makes peace with the fact that he will understand less than he had anticipated.
— Eric Maisel
I am one powerful self made up of so many selves that sometimes I throw myself a get-acquainted party.
— Eric Maisel
A wild person with a calm mind can make anything.
— Eric Maisel
Art and business may be strange bedfellows, but an artist must make room in her bed for both.
— Eric Maisel
Keenly aware of their limitations, artists often remain insecure even as their list of successes grows.
— Eric Maisel
The song you write may be beautiful, the research you conceive may be beautiful, but you are the real beauty in life.
— Eric Maisel
All space is space in which to create.
— Eric Maisel
An artist feels vulnerable to begin with; and yet the only answer is to recklessly discard more armour.
— Eric Maisel
A key to a long, productive writing life is finding ways to support that life, emotionally and existentially.
— Eric Maisel
Allow yourself to lose your way.
— Jay Maisel
The artist can't paint, sing, or dance without emotion: if he does, he is a machine masquerading as a person.
— Eric Maisel
Remind yourself of the value of detaching from work that's out of your hands and committing to new work that wants to be born.
— Eric Maisel
Go directly to work' means ... when an idea strikes, you drop everything and when your work bell tolls, you answer it.
— Eric Maisel
Creativity is not a talent or ability. It is the fruit of a person's decision to matter.
— Eric Maisel
An artist must struggle to accept the shape of this universe - and achieve some important successes ...
— Eric Maisel
Art is manipulation, the management of material, the directing of fate ... Who does that directing?
— Eric Maisel
We have always wanted to find the 'it-ness' of anything we shoot. We want to get as deep into the subject as we can.
— Jay Maisel
The artist must possess at least as much conviction as does his enemy, the dogmatic, mealy-mouthed, anti-art bigot.
— Eric Maisel
If the light is great in front of you, you should turn around and see what it is doing behind you.
— Jay Maisel
While some part of the artwork may fail, the whole may have its own unique importance.
— Eric Maisel
There is no one solution to all problems. It's the problem itself that can lead to the solution.
— Jay Maisel
You need minimum color for maximum effect.
— Jay Maisel
