Category Archives: Inspiration

In Other Words

“The ‘secret’ is skill. If you haven’t learned how to do something, the people who have may seem to be magicians, possessors of mysterious secrets. In a fairly simple art, such as making pie crust, there are certain teachable ‘secrets’ … Continue reading

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Slaughtering Our Finest Impulses

“Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because … Continue reading

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Our Own Sanctity

“The greatest art symbolizes not those things that we have observed so much as those things that we have experienced, and when the imaginary saint or lover or hero moves us most deeply, it is the moment when he awakens … Continue reading

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We Already Know What A Dog Really Looks Like

“It seems to me Annette (Goodheart) said something like this: Begin with a proper sketch book. Draw in ink. Finish each drawing you begin, and keep every drawing you finish. No erasing, no ripping out a page, no covering a … Continue reading

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Things Only Last As Long As They Can Be Misused

HANS ULRICH OBRIST: How much control does the artist have in the interpretation of his work? MEL BOCHNER: A little bit in the beginning, but eventually you have to give up control of the interpretation of your work. It seems … Continue reading

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Looking

“Once, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. He said, ‘Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But you listen to them anyway.’ So, sometimes with art, it is important just to look.” — Marina Abramović  … Continue reading

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A Way to Create Satisfaction

“My father wanted to buy a Nikon FM2 but could not afford it so he had to settle for the Olympus OM2. Dad did this by trading in one of his disapproving father’s Minox spy cameras. As an eight-year-old, I … Continue reading

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Dali’s Guidelines

10 Guidelines For Anyone Who Wishes To Be a Painter 1. Artist, better be rich than poor; learn to work with the brush in such a way that under it gold and jewels are born. 2. Painters should not fear … Continue reading

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What Dreams May Come

“What some folks call impossible, is just stuff they haven’t seen before.” – What Dreams May Come ♥

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A Vacancy

“I was going on a train from Manchester to London and I was looking out of the window at some cows, I believe, and I just thought: “Boy doesn’t know he’s a wizard – goes off to wizard school.” I … Continue reading

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