Abstraction is itself an abstract word and has no single meaning ... Every word in our language is abstract, because it represents something else.
Eric MaiselAlmost nothing beautiful or brilliant happens unless a person has thought about it a lot.
Eric MaiselAn artist feels vulnerable to begin with; and yet the only answer is to recklessly discard more armour.
Eric MaiselYou can sweat by not practicing or you can pick up your clarinet. There's good sweat and there's bad sweat.
Eric MaiselThe 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