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“What I look for when I see a piece of art for the first time is some kind of emotional, intellectual experience, that's a combination of both of those things and is informed by my knowledge and something new that I see the artist doing.”

Firsts Looks Kind Art Artist Pieces Emotional Intellectual First Time Combination Something New

Author:Cheech Marin

“Artists aren't looking for you to write them something; they're looking for you to give them something new.”

Giving Writing Artist Something New

Author:Ester Dean

“That's the artist's role - to strike out always for something new, to break away, to defy, to... grapple with the unfamiliar.”

Artist Roles Break Strikes Something New Unfamiliar

Author:Brian Aldiss

“Financial firms are sending their back-office jobs overseas. But what do fine artists do? They create something new, unexpected, and delightful that changes the world. MFA abilities are harder to outsource and more important in an abundant world.”

World Important Jobs Artist Ability Fine Office Harder Financial Profession Firm Changing The World Unexpected Something New Delightful Fine Arts Fine Artists Office Jobs

Author:Daniel H. Pink

“Symphony is the ability to see the big picture, connect the dots, combine disparate things into something new. Visual artists in particular are good at seeing how the pieces come together. I experienced this myself by trying to learn to draw.”

Trying Bigs Together Artist Ability Pieces Seeing Particular Draws Visuals Something New Symphony Dots Big Picture Visual Art Ability To See Visual Artist

Author:Daniel H. Pink

“When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something.”

Book:Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs

Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs

“Bring something new, something beautiful and something filled with light into the world.”

World Light Beautiful Artist Filled Something New Something Beautiful

Author:Ross Bleckner

“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.”

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Author:Agnes de Mille

“An artist fights to retain the integrity of a work so that it remains a strong, clear vision. Art is and should be the act of an individual willing to say something new, something not quite familiar.”

Should Art Artist Fighting Individual Strong Vision Clear Willing Integrity Art Is Remains Familiar Something New Clear Vision

Author:Maya Lin

“In my paintings, the question on whether figures are similar or not is not of any importance, the slightest change of figure or color can create a new painting and it doesn't really matter if a subject is revisited by an artist repeatedly. With enough time in between paintings, an artist can always bring to it something new.”

Ifs Matter Enough Artist Subjects Figures Color Painting Importance Something New Enough Time

Author:Guity Novin