“The painting has a life of its own”
Source: Jackson Pollock: black enamel paintings, April-May 1990
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“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.”
“Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.”
“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite - getting something down.”
Source: Warhol Memoir
“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Source: The Song of the Lark
“If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.”
“The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.”
Source: Alberto Giacometti
“The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.”
Source: Essays and Lectures
“Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.”
“An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.”
“Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul.”
“Drawing is not what you see but what you must make others see.”
“Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.”
Source: Festus: a poem
“Don't think about making art.”
Source: Warhol Memoir
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
Source: Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century