“No longer can we consider what the artist does to be a self-contained activity, mysteriously inspired from above, unrelated and unrelatable to other human activities. Instead, we recognize the exalted kind of seeing that leads to the creation of great art as an outgrowth of the humbler and more common activity of the eyes in everyday life. Just as the prosaic search for information is "artistic" because it involves giving and finding shape and meaning, so the artist's conceiving is an instrument of life, a refined way of understanding who and where we are.” WayGivingHumansKindDoeArtSelfEyeArtistUnderstandingCommonSeeingInformationCreationActivityShapesFindingsInstrumentsInspiredEverydayArtisticEveryday LifeGreat ArtRefinedExaltedHuman ActivitySelf ContainedConceiving Book:Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye Source: Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye
“In contemporary music, the challenge for me is to make the recorder sound as naturally expressive as, for example, the violin - without doing it too much and forcing the instrument. It is very easy to be overly expressive on the recorder, and finding the balance is quite difficult.” EasyDifficultSoundChallengesToo MuchExampleBalanceFindingsInstrumentsContemporaryViolinExpressiveRecordersContemporary Music Author:Michala Petri
“Most of my favourite guitarists are self-taught, because in a way there's less of a reverence for the instrument itself, so you end up finding and inventing however you want to play it.” WayWantEndsSelfPlayTaughtFindingsInstrumentsReverenceFavouriteInventingGuitaristSelf Taught Author:Bryce Dessner
“There are limits to how much sound a cello can make. That's part of the framing of acoustical instruments. Finding what those limits might be, and then trying to suggest perhaps even the illusion of going beyond is part of that kind of effort.” TryingKindMightSoundEffortLimitsFindingsIllusionInstrumentsFraming Author:Yo-Yo Ma
“Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band.” WellsPlayRealityRocksBandFindingsInstrumentsWho You AreRock Bands Author:Gene Simmons
“You are an instrument of God. Don't leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your instrument unexplored. Why settle for 'Three Blind Mice' when you can can play the 'Gloria'? No, not Bach's 'Gloria.' Yours! Your 'Gloria' lives within you. The greatest sin is not finding it, ignoring what God made possible in you.” MadePlayThreeSinCasesSonFindingsSittingInstrumentsBlindSettlingMy SonWithin YouMiceUnexploredGloriaInstruments Of God Author:Abraham Verghese