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“I'm tired of trying to get other people to see into my brain. I'm done.”

People Trying Done Artist Brain Tired I'm Tired Tired Of Trying

Author:Todd McFarlane

“I think that an artist is a bit like a computer. He receives information from the world around him and from his past and from his own experiences. And it all goes into the brain.”

Thinking World Past Artist Bits Brain Information Computer

Author:Gerald Scarfe

“An artist's flair is sometimes worth a scientist's brains.”

Sometimes Artist Brain Scientist Flair

Author:Anton Chekhov

“The great artist is a formulation of the greatest intelligence: he is the recipient of sensations which are the most delicate and consequently the most invisible expressions of the brain.”

Artist Brain Expression Invisible Sensations Delicate Great Art Great Artist

Book:An Exhibition of Paintings, Engravings & Sculpture [by] Gauguin

Source: An Exhibition of Paintings, Engravings & Sculpture [by] Gauguin

“The romantic artist, off alone in his storm-battered castle, fuming whole worlds from his brain, reflects his culture's most persistent myth, of God creating from a primal loneliness.”

World Whole Artist Culture Brain Loneliness Creating Storm Myth Whole World Persistent Castles Primal Battered

Book:Confessions of a conservative

Source: Confessions of a conservative

“The artist's imagination may wander far from nature. But as long as it is a living, moving power in his brain, isn't it just as real as any other natural phenomenon? The artist justifies his existence only when he can transform his imagination into truth.”

May Long Real Moving Artist Imagination Natural Existence Brain Wander Justify Phenomenon Natural Phenomena

Author:Bill Vaughan

“Artists erase reality to a greater or lesser extent, and substitute their own reality - created by their brains, instead.”

Reality Artist Brain Greater Substitutes Erase

Author:Semir Zeki

“I view all art as an effort to translate brain concepts into a work. These brain concepts are synthetic ones - the result of many experiences. But a single work of art, or even a series of works, more often than not cannot translate these synthetic concepts adequately. Yves Saint Laurent once said that he suffered greatly when creating. He is not alone in that. Most artists do the same and say as much.”

Art Said Artist Suffering Results Views Effort Brain Creating Concepts Series Saint Works Of Art Translate Not Alone Synthetic

Author:Semir Zeki

“You can be a giant among artists without ever attaining any great skill. Facility is a dangerous thing. When there is too much technical ease the brain stops criticizing. Don't let the hand fall into a smart way of putting the mind to sleep.”

Way Mind Hands Artist Fall Sleep Brain Too Much Dangerous Danger Skills Smart Ease Giants Criticize Facility Dangerous Things

Author:John French Sloan

“To cook, and to do it well, every talent must be used; the strength of a prize-fighter, the imagination of a poet, the brain of an empire builder, the patience of Job, the eye and the touch of an artist, and, to turn your mistakes into edible assets, the cleverness of a politician.”

Wells Eye Jobs Used Artist Turns Imagination Mistake Brain Talent Poet Politician Cooking Fighter Cooks Empires Prize Assets Cleverness Builder

Author:Anne Ellis