“The first four and a half years was me in the studio every day, writing songs for other people. I had jobs, too - eleven jobs. I worked at Kinko's, Fatburger, Subway - I was a sandwich artist - and I was a claims processor at Allstate Insurance.” PeopleWritingYearsFirstsJobsArtistSongHalfFourClaimsStudiosSandwichesElevenWriting SongsSubwayHalf A YearProcessors Author:Frank Ocean
“I've been very lucky in the freedom that I've been given. Every artist needs two types of freedom: You need the freedom to - the freedom to come up with an idea or treatment - and then you need the other half of the freedom, and that's freedom from - somebody saying, 'This is great. This is how I want you to do it'.” WantNeedsTwoIdeasArtistGivenHalfTypeLuckyCome UpTreatmentI Want YouOther Half Author:Steve Sabol
“For the artist who practises photography, capturing the image is learning how to sketch on some medium, but is only half the challenge; learning how to print is applying a subjective pallet to that sketch, and completes the creative process.” ArtistProcessChallengesHalfCreativePhotographyMediumsPrintCreative ProcessSubjectivePractiseMethodologyPallets Author:David Travis
“An artist of understanding and experience can show more of his great power and art in small things roughly and rudely done, than many another in a great work. A man may often draw something with his pen on a half sheet of paper in one day . . . . and it shall be fuller of art and better than another's great work whereon he hath spent a whole year's careful labor.” MenYearsMayArtDoneWholeShowsArtistUnderstandingHalfOne DayPaperDrawsLaborCarefulPensSheetsSmall ThingsGreat WorkGreat PowerWhole Year Author:Albrecht Durer
“The summit charms us, the steps to it do not; with the heights before our eyes, we like to linger in the plain. It is only a part of art that can be taught; but the artist needs the whole. He who is only half instructed speaks much and is always wrong; who knows it wholly is content with acting and speaks seldom or late.” KnowsNeedsArtWholeEyeArtistSpeakActingHalfStepsTaughtLateHeightCharmSummitAlways Wrong Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“If the chemistry between me and the artist is good, then that's half the battle.” IfsArtistHalfBattleChemistry Author:Ariel Rechtshaid