“There's something peculiar about artists. They have ups and downs... After a while everything you do is just wonderful... then you slide back. If you're a good artist you're going to go down. And then it's up to you.” IfsArtistWonderfulDown AndPeculiarSlidesUp To YouUps & DownsGood ArtGood Artist Author:Milton Resnick
“You have to become complete in some way; a universe - a complete thing in yourself - in order to reach across and breathe some unity onto this thing you're faced with. If you intentionally avoid that unity that is within yourself then you will avoid unity in your work.” IfsWayOrderUniverseUnityBreathe Author:Milton Resnick
“If there's no unity in your work, then you've deliberately made yourself into that kind of person. You don't want that unity in your work. You've made some kind of satisfactory arrangement with your culture.” IfsWantKindPersonsMadeCultureUnityArrangements Author:Milton Resnick
“There is some other form that you contain within yourself that is not will or purpose and, when applied to art, serves you best. If you systematically apply to the art that you create the aggression of the world that turned you towards art in the first place; if you, in turn, become the aggressor towards your canvas, the thing that you're doing; if you, in turn, work your will upon this thing that you want - you will then cause a dissatisfaction in this life that you create.” IfsWorldWantFirstsArtFormPurposeTurnsCausesThis LifeAggressionCanvasDissatisfactionAggressors Author:Milton Resnick
“When you don't know how to pick up a brush, you don't know anything; at that moment you're an artist. I'll simply say, 'If you know less, you're better off as an artist.” IfsKnowsMomentsArtistKnow HowPicksThat MomentBrushesBetter Off Author:Milton Resnick
“I'd fallen asleep thinking I was much too tired to go on working and if I went on working, I'd lose it. I'd get a better hold of it in the morning; feel stronger. But I looked and looked at it and it seemed to me there was nothing to do.” IfsThinkingFeelsLosesSleepMorningGoes OnStrongerTiredFallen Author:Milton Resnick
