"Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things." --Edgar Degas "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious." --Albert Einstein
"Art is an image-using system. In order to create, we draw from our inner well. This inner well, an artistic reservoir, is ideally like a well-stocked trout pond. We've got big fish, little fish, fat fish, skinny fish - an abundance of artistic fish to fry. As artists, we must realize that we have to […]
Back in the day, I had this quote posted on my facebook account. ("back in the day" meaning back when I was on fb. I am one of those people who goes on and off the site, probably leading people to wonder if I am still their "friend.") "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. […]
"As an artist, one does not learn craft, but life. This then, transforms the work. Everything can and will be transformed in life and art if we speak the word 'love' without shame. In it lies true art. That's my technique. That's my religion." --Marc Chagall
"Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown." Claude Bernard "Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist." R.G. Magritte "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." Anais Nin
I'm doing this current round of art on pages from a book from 1913. The story is set amongst mountain people somewhere (from what I gather). I usually give a cursory glance to the text before I start covering it up and it's kind of funny. Some lines that require a bit of deciphering: "I […]
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler." --Henry David Thoreau "Undoubtedly, we become what we envisage." --Claude M. Bristol "I shut my eyes in order to see." --Paul Gauguin