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“Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his routine.”

Two Artist Imagination Virtue Effects Generosity Routine

Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical.”

People Thinking Real Death Artist Virtue Design Creating Customers Practicals Clothings Individualism Accessories

Author:Giorgio Armani

“To play chess on a truly high level requires a constant stream of exact, informed decisions, made in real time and under pressure from your opponent. What's more, it requires a synthesis of some very different virtues, all of which are necessary to good decisions: calculatioñ, creativity and a desire for results. If you ask a Grandmaster, an artist and a computer scientist what makes a good chess player, you'll get a glimpse of these different strengths in action.”

Source: How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom

“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.”

Reality Artist Vision Virtue Materials Contact Uncertainty Acknowledge Execution Inevitability

Book:Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

Source: Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking