“Basically everything I've done in art, I was in possession of when I was 20 years old. I use a waste retrieval method of working. I'll go back and use something that disgusted me 15 years ago but that I had enough sense to think about. Some artists change dramatically. I see my work more like history being written.” ThinkingYearsArtDoneEnoughUseArtistWrittenWasteYears AgoMethodPossessionHad EnoughDisgusted Author:Edward Ruscha
“Whether it is drawing or painting, skilled Artists usually deliver a faster result without jeopardizing the quality, simply because they don't have to waste their time on fixing mistakes.” ArtistResultsMistakeQualityPaintingWasteDrawingFasterFixing Author:Igor Babailov
“I equate inspiration with desire the desire that moves us to be artists in the first place. To attempt to make a painting without this motivation is a waste of time.” FirstsInspirationMovingDesireArtistMotivationPaintingWasteWasting Time Author:Nita Engle
“what a writer does is to try to make sense of life. I think that's what writing is, I think that's what painting is. It's seeking that thread of order and logic in the disorder, and the incredible waste and marvelous profligate character of life. What all artists are trying to do is to make sense of life.” ThinkingWritingTryingDoeCharacterArtistOrderPaintingWasteLogicIncrediblesSeekingMake SenseDisorderThreadMarvelous Book:Conversations with Nadine Gordimer Source: Conversations with Nadine Gordimer