“What I remember about being painted was a very severe atmosphere. I remember her intensity and sharp glance.” Quote by Andrew Neel
“Learning something new means you have to abandon, for a little while at least, the familiar and comforting. I happen to like this feeling. I remind myself that tomorrow, I will be someone who didn't exist yesterday.” MeanLittlesFeelingsHappensProgressTomorrowYesterdayFamiliarAbandonSomething NewComfortingLearning Something New Author:Nick Stone
“Why onions? Because they're cheap, last a long time, can be lit any number of ways and force me to think about what happens when the form turns away from the light.” ThinkingWayLongLightHappensLastsFormTurnsForceNumbersLong TimeLitOnions Author:Nick Stone
“Empirical research has shown that quality tends to be the consequence of quantity when it comes to creativity... Those who produce more masterworks also produce more rubbish.” QualityCreativityProduceResearchConsequenceQuantityRubbish Author:Dean Keith Simonton
“In skydiving, it is the fear response that gradually weakens. During the precipitous descent, the amply tested parachutist can savor the thrill rather than endure the panic.” ResponseEndurePanicThrillTestedDescentSkydiving Author:Dean Keith Simonton
“Making a painting is like having sex for a month or something. Then I go through this period of elation at finishing the work. Then you drop off - you know, 'post-coital man is sad,' as the old saying goes.” KnowsMenSexSadnessPaintingMonthsPeriodsPostsFinishingHaving SexOld SayingElation Author:Tim Zuck
“After finishing the work I start rearranging the parts again and eventually start to work with themes - images and thoughts and things.” ThemeFinishingRearranging Author:Tim Zuck
“You need to know a lot about what's going on, but when it comes to making the work, I take almost an anti-intellectual stance. You've got to be stupid enough, in some ways, to plunge into something that you have no idea what it's about. If you know what you're going to do before you do it, you just end up illustrating an idea.” IfsKnowsWayNeedsIdeasEndsEnoughStupidIntellectualNo IdeaPlungeStanceIllustrating Author:Tim Zuck
“It takes much more energy to ignore things than it takes to deal with them and not be afflicted by them anymore.” EnergyDealsStrength Author:Jack Schwarz
“Three men riding on a bicycle which has only one wheel, I guess that's surrealism.” MenThreeWheelsRidingBicycleSurrealism Author:Dong Kingman