“You need to know what makes artists tick. Having been through the process myself as a musician, since I was an early teen, gave me an advantage - understanding them from their point of view, because it's about them, it's not about you - it's their vision and what they're capable of achieving, and you're the conduit.” KnowsNeedsArtistProcessUnderstandingViewsVisionAchieveMusicianCapableAdvantagePoint Of ViewTick Author:Tommy Mottola
“An artist who brings to his work a mind tolerably furnished with the general principles of art, and a taste formed upon the works of good artists in short, who knows in what excellence consists - will, with the assistance of models... be an overmatch for the greatest painter that ever lived who should be debarred such advantages.” KnowsShouldMindArtArtistPrinciplesTasteModelsAdvantageExcellencePainterAssistanceGood ArtGood Artist Book:Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts, delivered at the Royal Academy. With a portrait Source: Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts, delivered at the Royal Academy. With a portrait
“I'm aware of being a stranger, an outsider, and that's always an advantage for an artist. It means I can see from the inside and the outside. I have that double vision.” MeanI CanArtistVisionAdvantageStrangerOutsidersDouble Vision Author:John Hirsch
“An artist may sustain a body of work as an ecosystem, in which every part is used to every advantage, not consuming any part without regenerating it.” MayBodyUsedArtistAdvantageConsumingEcosystems Author:Jan Peacock