“Others may be able to accept standards from another, but an artist is a person who decides.” MayPersonsAbleArtistAcceptingStandards Author:William Stafford
“To be sure an artist wishes to raise his standard intellectually as much as possible, but the man must remain in obscurity. Pleasure must be found in the studying.” MenArtistFoundWishPleasureStudyHe ManStandardsRaisesObscurity Author:Paul Cezanne
“Nobody knows what makes good art. As an artist, when it happens, you're grateful, and then you get on with it.” KnowsArtHappensArtistStandardsGratefulNobody KnowsGood Art Author:Alice Neel
“An age is best revealed by its artists of the second rank.” AgeArtistStandards Author:Geoffrey Wolff
“What an artist does, is fail. Any reading of the literature, (I mean the literature of artistic creation), however summary, will persuade you instantly that the paradigmatic artistic experience is that of failure. The actualization fails to meet, equal, the intuition. There is something "out there" which cannot be brought "here". This is standard. I don't mean bad artists, I mean good artists. There is no such thing as a "successful artist" (except, of course, in worldly terms).” MeanDoeArtArtistCoursesReadingLiteratureTermSuccessfulFailingCreationEqualStandardsIntuitionArtisticWorldlyGood ArtSummaryGood ArtistActualizationArtistic CreationSuccessful Artists Author:Donald Barthelme