“You can't plan for a seizure of feeling, and for this reason I put everything else aside when I'm inspired.” ReasonFeelingsInspirationPlansInspiredSeizures Author:May Sarton
“I sat day after day in my little room, waiting for inspiration to visit me, trying to invent a pseudonym that would express, in a combination of noble and striking sounds, our dream of artistic achievement, a pen name grand enough to compensate for my own feeling of insecurity and helplessness at the idea of everything my mother expected from me.” TryingLittlesIdeasEnoughFeelingsDreamInspirationMotherNamesWaitingSoundMy OwnRoomsAchievementNobleExpectedArtisticCombinationSatInsecurityPensOur DreamsHelplessnessPseudonyms Book:Promise at Dawn Source: Promise at Dawn
“Weaknesses in men of genius are usually an exaggeration of their personal feeling; in the hands of feeble imitators they become the most flagrant blunders. Entire schools have been founded on misinterpretations of certain aspects of the masters. Lamentable mistakes have resulted from the thoughtless enthusiasm with which men have sought inspiration from the worst qualities of remarkable artists because they are unable to reproduce the sublime elements in their work.” MenHas BeensFeelingsHandsInspirationSchoolArtistCertainMistakeQualityWorstMastersGeniusElementsWeaknessAspectEnthusiasmRemarkableSublimeExaggerationBlundersImitatorMisinterpretationPersonal Feelings Author:Eugene Delacroix
“Sometimes I had to force the overpainting of three corners almost without any feeling for shape, almost without inspiration, only to find my way back, to get out of this hell.” WaySometimesFeelingsInspirationThreeForceHellShapesCornersMy WayFrustration Book:Arnulf Rainer: an exhibition curated Source: Arnulf Rainer: an exhibition curated