“Strokes carry a message whether you will it or not. The stroke is just like the artist at the time he makes it. All the certainties, all the uncertainties, all the bigness of his spirit and the littlenesses are in it.” SpiritArtistMessagesCertaintyUncertaintyRevelationsStrokes Book:The Art Spirit Source: The Art Spirit
“I am an artist, I trade in uncertainty and superstition and cant. I invent dark visions of impossible situations that can never be resolved.” ArtistDarkSituationVisionImpossibleTradeUncertaintySuperstitionsCantImpossible Situations Author:Ralph Steadman
“Vision, Uncertainty, and Knowledge of Materials are inevitabilities that all artists must acknowledge and learn from: vision is always ahead of execution, knowledge of materials is your contact with reality, and uncertainty is a virtue.” RealityArtistVisionVirtueMaterialsContactUncertaintyAcknowledgeExecutionInevitability Book:Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking Source: Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking