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“It is short-sighted, not to say stupid, in the correct desire to be relevant as Christian artists in an unchristian age, to pick up the secular fashion of the immediate generation before us and immerse oneself in that as your tradition. That's why Christian artists so often seem to be a generation late.”

Seems Age Christian Desire Artist Culture Christianity Generations Fashion Stupid Late Picks Tradition Oneself Relevant Secular Short Sighted Unchristian

Author:Calvin Seerveld

“It is not about which artist is more skilled than which other artist. It is about creating what is in you to create. A lack of confidence in oneself is like a thief, It steals from the world that which might be worthy.”

World Art Might Artist Creating Oneself Worthy Stealing Thieves Lack Of Confidence

Author:Derek R. Audette

“I love artists, because through art one can express oneself beautifully.”

Art Artist Oneself

Book:The Answer: Conversations with Meher Baba

Source: The Answer: Conversations with Meher Baba

“All artists are self-sacrificing human beings, and to become an artist is nothing but to devote oneself to the subterranean gods.”

Humans Self Artist Human Beings Sacrifice Oneself

Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

“The most demanding part of living a lifetime as an artist is the strict discipline of forcing oneself to work steadfastly along the nerve of one's own intimate sensitivity.”

Artist Discipline Lifetime Oneself Intimate Nerves Strict Sensitivity

Book:Daybook: The Journal of an Artist

Source: Daybook: The Journal of an Artist

“Every artist feels alone and isolated, Friends are very important in terms of all sorts of definitions of oneself. They tell you what you are and what they are aside from the intellectual aspects.”

Feels Important Artist Term Intellectual Aspect Oneself Definitions Isolated

Author:Jasper Johns

“An artist’s work is almost entirely inquiry based and self-regulated. It is a fragile process of teaching oneself to work alone, and focusing on how to hone your quirky creative obsessions so that they eventually become so oddly specific that they can only be your own.”

Self Artist Process Creative Teaching Oneself Obsession Fragile Inquiry Quirky

Author:Teresita Fernandez

“To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of deceiving others; if one does it well enough, in time one might even become an artist, the greatest illusionists of all.”

Ifs Wells Doe Enough Might Artist Social Practice Essence Oneself Deception Deceiving Lifelong Social Life Illusionists Deceiving Others

Book:The Mottled Lizard

Source: The Mottled Lizard

“I am an artist and a writer, and I do think that one always places oneself in the picture to see where one fits.”

Thinking Artist Fit Oneself

Author:Arundhati Roy