All artists must learn the art of surviving loss: loss of hope, loss of face, loss of money, loss of self-belief… Artistic losses can be turned into artistic gains and strengths—but not in isola- tion of the beleaguered artist’s brain…. We must acknowledge it and share it.
The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron, 1992, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, p.129.