“The problem was Le Corbusier was a genius and an enormous artist, but he tried to resolve problems to which there is no solution. So the idea to demolish the centre of Paris in order to adapt it to the car - he drew it! - is something not even the most bloody dictators conceived.” IdeasProblemArtistOrderCarGeniusSolutionsEnormousParisResolveDictatorBloodyCentreDemolish Author:Leon Krier
“I learned the tricks... If you want to do academic things, you can do them. It is not difficult. Yet it is from this difficulty - the mistakes and dead ends - that artists develop, not through the quick solutions and not from something you learn and apply.” IfsWantEndsArtistDifficultCan DoMistakeSolutionsDifficultyTricksAcademicDead Ends Author:Isamu Noguchi
“I think we're approaching an era where there's a consistent dialogue going on between artists and consumers. And I think that's going to be part of the solution to actually selling music.” ThinkingArtistSolutionsDialogueSellingErasConsumersConsistent Author:Girl Talk
“An artist in my view is always afraid of extremists; he is always afraid of those who claim to have found the ultimate solution to any question.” ArtArtistFoundViewsSolutionsUltimateClaimsExtremist Book:Conversations with Chinua Achebe Source: Conversations with Chinua Achebe
“great artists can be uncertain. Of course they are while strugggling to find solutions. Tolstoi's scripts are almost indecipherable. Emily Dickinson provided four or more alternates for every word; Beethoven wrestled with endings to the point of exhaustion; in our day Jerome Robbins and his lack of decision are a byword in the dance profession. But all of these knew very well what they did not want, and what they did not want was the current coin, the well-worn usage. What they wanted was something newly experienced, and therefore unknown and hard to attain.” WantWellsHardWantedArtistCoursesDecisionFourSolutionsScriptsCurrentsProfessionSomething NewWornUncertainCoinsGreat ArtGreat ArtistExhaustionEmilyUsage Author:Agnes de Mille
“Actually solving the puzzles in the book isn't going to improve anyone's writing, but "trying to solve the puzzle" is one way to think about what a lot of us - writers and other artists - do every day. Step one is to recognize the problem, step two is deciding what constraints you want to impose or respect, and step three is finding a pleasing/surprising/exciting solution.” ThinkingWayWantWritingTryingTwoBookProblemArtistThreeStepsFindingsSolutionsExcitingSolveOne WaySurprisingPuzzlesConstraints Author:Peter Turchi