“When the artist activates his being, awakens to his surroundings, and sets himself the task of creating, connections are made out of conscious awareness that return coalesced as inspiration.” MadeInspirationArtistAwarenessReturnCreatingConsciousTasksConnectionsSurroundingsActivateConscious Awareness Book:Affirmations for Artists Source: Affirmations for Artists
“The greatest artists have never been men of taste. By never sophisticating their instincts they have never lost the awareness of the great simplicities, which they relish both from appetite and from the challenge these offer to skill in competition with popular art.” MenArtArtistLostChallengesAwarenessTasteOffersSkillsCompetitionInstinctSimplicityAppetiteRelish Author:Jacques Barzun
“The artist seeks to record his awareness of order in life.” ArtistOrderRecordsAwareness Author:John French Sloan
“As a white male in America, I have privilege. As a white male who happens to be an artist with a fan base, I have a platform to spread awareness about that privilege. However, songs about race and privilege are very difficult to A) write and B) dissect as a listener. They're heavy.” WritingHappensAmericaArtistSongDifficultWhiteRaceFansAwarenessMalesPrivilegeHeavySpreadPlatformsListeners Author:Macklemore
“I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly. Once he sees this fact his feet are on the path. If you want to know the truth you will know it. The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind. The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.” IfsKnowsWantMindStatesFactsArtistResultsPathFeetAwarenessMaterialsConcernPursueManipulationState Of MindArtwork Author:Agnes Martin
“I don't have any talent as an artist but I do have an awareness for business and what you need to bring to that world. It helps to know what you're good at.” KnowsWorldNeedsHelpingArtistAwarenessTalent Author:Bernie Ecclestone
“Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite.” SelfMatterDesireArtistAwarenessUniqueOppositesSelf AwarenessShrinksUnique Gifts Author:James Broughton
“An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.” RealPainArtistCreativeAwarenessMastersListeningConfidenceSelf DiscoveryOblivionHave Confidence Author:Pierre-Auguste Renoir