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.
Artists live in an imperfect world where affairs of the heart must sometimes be compromised with business.
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.
As a community of artists, we might just keep safe each other's love affair.
Art is a perfectly complete cause.
If an artist comes intuitively from the point of design, notan - lightness/darkness - is natural.
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?
Rules are, like an ashtray-in-progress, meant to be thrown, poked and reshaped to suit yourself.
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.
Going beyond one's backyard grants one perspective.
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
Value choices are intuitive... It's fun to see how much you can get without leaning on contrast.
Once you sophisticate the in-betweens, your blacks and whites can take their solos and shine.
You are solely responsible for doing the work required to become better.
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.
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.
These days, if you happen to be a poet you have to sing your words to get your ideas out.
Joy is my energy and energy is my powerhouse.
You are responsible for understanding your limitations.
Art is sometimes likened to a mirror... an expression of universal human truth, executed with a degree of skill.
In the art game we do our own cooking.
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