Deborah Solomon Quotes

• If you love everything you do, you will probably end up with mediocre work. I think dissatisfaction with the state of things does propel creative people forward.

  Deborah Solomon

  Thinking, People, Creative

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• Most artists probably feel lonely or set apart in childhood. But they grow up and find people who share their interests.

  Deborah Solomon

  Lonely, Growing Up, Artist

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• When you look at a work of art, you don't see a cover for something else; you see revelation. If you're an artist, art is the truest expression of yourself. Even if you're painting a life you don't have.

  Deborah Solomon

  Art, Painting, Revelations

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• Art never lies, I believe.

  Deborah Solomon

  Art, Lying, Believe

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• The pleasure that attaches to the artistic life comes in imagining what we might do as opposed to acknowledging what we have done.

  Deborah Solomon

  Done, Artistic, Pleasure

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• You have to be willing to recognize failure.

  Deborah Solomon

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• If I were writing about Picasso and pointed out that he painted women because he was interested in the female form, that would seem like an obvious point. I don't know why people revolt when I point out that Rockwell painted the male figure and was interested in it.

  Deborah Solomon

  Writing, People, Female

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• When you feel your book is the height of irrelevance you can return to the excitement of the daily news.

  Deborah Solomon

  Book, Excitement

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