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“There are artists, true performers that have come before me who have been a big inspiration to me. I hope I do the same for others.”

Has Beens Bigs Inspiration Artist Performers

Author:Janet Jackson

“The more perfect the artist, the more completely separate in him will be the man who suffers and the mind which creates.”

Men Inspirational Mind Inspiration Artist Suffering Perfect He Man Perfection

Author:T. S. Eliot

“I deny that art can be taught, or, in other words, maintain that art is completely individual, and that the talent of each artist is but the result of his own inspiration and his own study of past tradition.”

Art Inspiration Past Artist Individual Results Education Study Talent Taught Art Is Tradition Deny

Author:Gustave Courbet

“When the artist activates his being, awakens to his surroundings, and sets himself the task of creating, connections are made out of conscious awareness that return coalesced as inspiration.”

Made Inspiration Artist Awareness Return Creating Conscious Tasks Connections Surroundings Activate Conscious Awareness

Book:Affirmations for Artists

Source: Affirmations for Artists

“People say 'I love Artists', but what they really know about Artists? They've ever thought about sharing the real madness with us? I believe those extreme passions/emotions in me separated from the real world is the sauce to pull out the inspirations out of me that touch the core of people's hearts, which is usually wandering about deep inside of you unconsciously covered with the social taboo called 'common sense'.”

“There's nothing like a little fear or hunger to motivate one's inspiration. To take that away from a young artist can offer quite a disservice.”

Littles Inspiration Young Artist Motivation Offers Hunger Disservice Young Artists

Author:Ken Danby

“An artist is usually the handyman in the service of inspiration.”

Inspiration Artist

Author:Kenneth G. Mills

“A landscape clean and crisp in form and colour, rich in inspiration is all that an artist could wish for, begging to be used, and full of inherent possibilities.”

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Author:Franklin Carmichael

“Weaknesses in men of genius are usually an exaggeration of their personal feeling; in the hands of feeble imitators they become the most flagrant blunders. Entire schools have been founded on misinterpretations of certain aspects of the masters. Lamentable mistakes have resulted from the thoughtless enthusiasm with which men have sought inspiration from the worst qualities of remarkable artists because they are unable to reproduce the sublime elements in their work.”

“I equate inspiration with desire the desire that moves us to be artists in the first place. To attempt to make a painting without this motivation is a waste of time.”

Firsts Inspiration Moving Desire Artist Motivation Painting Waste Wasting Time

Author:Nita Engle

“Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.”

Inspiration Science Artist Imagination Design Models Slavery Slave Enthusiasm Conformity My Imagination Be A Slave Non Conformity Quench

Book:The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

Source: The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

“For popular purposes, at least, the aim of literary artists should be similar to that of Rubens in his landscapes, of which, without neglecting the minor traits or finishing, he was chiefly solicitous to present the leading effect, or what we may call the inspiration.”

Should May Inspiration Purpose Artist Effects Aim Landscape Neglect Traits Minors Finishing Authorship Rubens

Book:Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion

Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion