“Imitation is the greatest danger of the young [artist].” YoungArtistDangerImitationYoung Artists Author:Alexey Brodovitch
“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.” WayMindHandsArtistFallSleepBrainToo MuchDangerousDangerSkillsSmartEaseGiantsCriticizeFacilityDangerous Things Author:John French Sloan
“There's obviously always danger in making music or art for art's sake. Even as Christians we can be guilty of that, being more about the art than the Artist who gave us this gift.” ArtChristianArtistDangerSakeGuilty Author:Steven Curtis Chapman
“One of the dangers of the American artist is that he finds himself almost exclusively thrown in with persons more or less in the arts. He lives among them, eats among them, quarrels with them, marries them.” PersonsArtArtistDangerThrownQuarrels Book:Conversations with Thornton Wilder Source: Conversations with Thornton Wilder
“artists are exposed to great temptations: their eyes see paradise before their souls have reached it, and that is a great danger.” SoulEyeArtistDangerTemptationParadiseExposed Book:Innocence and experience: stories Source: Innocence and experience: stories