“An odd contradiction, if the layman were correct in his unconscious assumption that an artist begins with reality and ends with art: the converse is true - to the degree that this dichotomy has any truth - the artist begins with art, and through it arrives at reality.” IfsArtEndsRealityArtistDegreesOddAssumptionUnconsciousContradictionConversesDichotomyLayman Author:Robert Motherwell
“Lots of artists who paint have the experience to one degree or another... where their thinking doesn't precede their doing... It's a funny thing, what I really hate yet I have to go through with it, is the preparation.” ThinkingArtistHateDegreesPaintPreparationFunny Things Author:Philip Guston
“To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in 1917, implies a degree of self-absorption that would have glazed over the eyes of Narcissus.” WorldWarSelfEyeArtistDegreesWar Of The WorldsSwitzerlandAbsorptionSelf AbsorptionNarcissusZurich Book:Travesties Source: Travesties
“It is the special privilege of the fine artist to reveal immediate data with a clarity, intensity and purity that promotes them to a special degree of reality.” RealityArtistSpecialFineDegreesPrivilegeClarityDataPurityIntensityRealismFine ArtsFine Artists Author:Alton Tobey
“Becoming an artist cannot be taught. A degree and diligence is not a guarantee that one can become an 'artist.” ArtistEducationTaughtBecomingDegreesGuaranteesDiligenceGuarantees That Author:Scott Kahn
“media saturation is probably very destructive to art. New movements get overexposed and exhausted before they have a chance to grow, and they turn to ashes in a short time. Some degree of time and obscurity is often very necessary to artists.” ArtArtistTurnsGrowsChanceMediaMovementDegreesDestructiveAshesExhaustedPublicityObscurityShort TimeSaturation Author:Joyce Johnson