“It's the artist's duty to have an artist's life, somehow to obtain time and freedom and then to muster the desire and discipline to make good work out of the life, whether that goodness is in the world's aesthetics, its radicalism, its candor, its singularity, or its universality.” WorldDesireArtistResponsibilityDutyDisciplineGoodnessWork OutGood WorkAestheticsSingularityCandorMusterUniversalityRadicalism Book:Epicurean Simplicity Source: Epicurean Simplicity
“The good work proceeds with tenacity, intention, without interruption, with an equal measure of passion and reason and it must surpass that goal the artist has set for himself.” ReasonArtistPassionGoalEqualIntentionGood WorkTenacityInterruptions Author:Odilon Redon
“I'm a believer in the notion that artists who do good work believe in the ideas of extremes.” BelieveIdeasArtistNotionExtremesBelieverGood Work Author:Wayne Thiebaud
“If you've got a deadline and you're an artist, you've just got to be on the case - nothing else can come in the way, or you won't make good work... the people around you just have to understand.” PeopleIfsWayArtistCasesPrioritiesGood WorkDeadline Author:Catherine Yass