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“My God! How terrible these money questions are for an artist!”

Artist Money Terrible

Author:Paul Gauguin

“Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism!”

Art Desire Artist Effects Terrible Prove Temptation Idealism Sinister

Book:I Married a Communist

Source: I Married a Communist

“Artists have wild desires and a terrible hunger to achieve... Without it they haven't the juice for striving or loving. But desire also can make them greedy and turn dreams into unrealizable obsessions.”

Dream Desire Artist Turns Achieve Havens Terrible Strive Hunger Obsession Greedy Juice

Book:Affirmations for Artists

Source: Affirmations for Artists

“But once a culture develops sufficiently to become skeptical, the idea of censorship becomes less attractive. To suppress a book or a picture or a sculpture or a play or a film is a terrible act of aggression against the artist who created it. This is a miming of capital punishment; it destroys the life that has been emanated by a life.”

Has Beens Book Ideas Play Film Artist Culture Terrible Speech Punishment Attractive Censorship Aggression Skepticism Sculpture Skeptical Capital Punishment

Author:Rebecca West

“The artist's work, it is sometimes said, is to celebrate. But really that is not so; it is to express wonder. And something terrible resides at the heart of wonder. Celebration is social, amenable. Wonder has a chaotic splendor.”

Heart Art Said Sometimes Artist Social Wonder Terrible Celebrate Working It Celebration Chaotic Splendor Amenable

Book:Spillville: A Collaboration

Source: Spillville: A Collaboration