
The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art

We live in a world of artists.
Erwin Raphael McManus • The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art
To create is to be fully human.
Erwin Raphael McManus • The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art
He created us with imagination and curiosity, with the capacity to hope and dream, and he placed within us all the material necessary to live an extraordinarily creative life.
Erwin Raphael McManus • The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art
The future is a creative act,
Erwin Raphael McManus • The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art
once we’ve dealt with the essence of who we are, once our focus is on our being, everything that emanates from us will naturally result in the good and the beautiful and the true.
Erwin Raphael McManus • The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art
everything he created was good because he made it.
Erwin Raphael McManus • The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art
The artisan soul is not about rebellion but about resonance. It is about being true to who we are and allowing that truth to inform and form us.
Erwin Raphael McManus • The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art
The artisan soul moves toward purity of ingredients, understands the power of simplicity, makes life a craft and not a product, and treats people as unique individuals rather than commodities.
Erwin Raphael McManus • The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art
Great is about execution and achievement; good is about essence and ethos.