Artists live in an imperfect world where affairs of the heart must sometimes be compromised with business.
As a community of artists, we might just keep safe each other's love affair.
Art is a perfectly complete cause.
I value the momentum of making the list and the drive to tick. Sometimes I add stuff I've already accomplished so I can get going on my feelings of accomplishment.
Why can't we all just acknowledge that 'nature' - that is, 'sex' or 'erotic' images, which are really just 'attracters' are everywhere. Of course a flower looks like what it looks like - that's what it is - to a bee.
Could rivalry be a productive system?
Once you sophisticate the in-betweens, your blacks and whites can take their solos and shine.
Going beyond one's backyard grants one perspective.
Value choices are intuitive... It's fun to see how much you can get without leaning on contrast.
You are responsible for radicalizing your strengths.
The strategy of keeping the studio close, like an outbuilding five paces from the house, or in the loft next door, or with the studio on one end and the bed on the other - makes art always available.
Be artistic, choose taste, set an example.
Does an artist truly need to understand her times in order to create? I'm not sure. We're all sitting in a context. It's a market.
I can hide as much as I want in my colours
Some artists approach their 'why?' intuitively, and work toward giving it a voice through their technical skill. Others begin as technicians, and develop, or discover, their 'why?' as they become stronger communicators.
Why all these years have I been agreeably turning down the stereo every time the phone rings?
You are responsible for understanding your limitations.
Joy is my energy and energy is my powerhouse.
Art is sometimes likened to a mirror... an expression of universal human truth, executed with a degree of skill.
A millionaire is a person who is free, who does what she loves, who has unlimited materials, her choice of tools, abundance, inspiration, freedom and an inflated sense of entitlement to have, create and get more.
If an artist comes intuitively from the point of design, notan - lightness/darkness - is natural.
In modern times we are often encouraged to protect our ego-force and individuality by securing a private world in which to develop our unique artistic voice. Many artists find themselves solo-paddling along a private and unchallenging river... Could rivalry be a productive system?
Vibrancy is only as effective as the mastering of restraint.
The 'wandering studio' gathers and stores experiences, takes chances with the unfamiliar and requires a measure of self-trust. Mistakes are part of the change of scene.
These days, if you happen to be a poet you have to sing your words to get your ideas out.
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