“Something about making art has to do with overcoming things, giving us a clear opportunity for doing things in ways we have always known we should do them.” WayGivingShouldArtOpportunityKnownClearOvercoming Book:Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking Source: Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
“Art is a high calling - fears are coincidental. Coincidental, sneaky and disruptive, we might add, disguising themselves variously as laziness, resistance to deadlines, irritation with materials or surroundings, distraction over the achievements of others - indeed as anything that keeps you from giving your work your best shot. What separates artists from ex-artists is that those who challenge their fears, continue; those who don't, quit.” GivingArtMightArtistChallengesMaterialsCallingAchievementArt IsShotsAddQuittingResistanceDistractionLazinessExesSurroundingsDeadlineIrritationDisruptiveSneakyBest Shot Book:Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking Source: Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
“In the end it all comes down to this: you have a choice (or more accurately a rolling tangle of choices) between giving your work your best shot and risking that it will not make you happy, or not giving it your best shot - and thereby guaranteeing that it will not make you happy. It becomes a choice between certainty and uncertainty. And curiously, uncertainty is the comforting choice.” GivingEndsChoicesShotsCertaintyUncertaintyRollingComfortingMake You HappyBest Shot Author:David Bayles