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“Those who are waiting for an epiphany to strike may wait forever. The artist simply goes to work, making art, both good and not so good.”

May Art Artist Motivation Waiting Forever Strikes Epiphany

Author:Chuck Close

“There's nothing like a little fear or hunger to motivate one's inspiration. To take that away from a young artist can offer quite a disservice.”

Littles Inspiration Young Artist Motivation Offers Hunger Disservice Young Artists

Author:Ken Danby

“The actualising of God through the medium of the love song remains my prime motivation as an artist.”

Artist Motivation Song Remains Mediums Prime

Book:Viva la poesia

Source: Viva la poesia

“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.”

Firsts Inspiration Moving Desire Artist Motivation Painting Waste Wasting Time

Author:Nita Engle

“For artists, scientists, inventors, schoolchildren, and the rest of us, intrinsic motivation-the drive to do something because it is interesting, challenging, and absorbing-is essential for high levels of creativity.”

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Book:Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Source: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

“The deepest motivation for a lot of artists is obviously the one they all share: their great fear they are a fraud. It's a joke. In my case the problem is not that I don't question myself. It's just that I question other people even more.”

People Problem Artist Motivation Cases Share Jokes Fraud

Author:Philip-Lorca diCorcia

“The motivation to paint seems more pure, or at least more personal, when the artist is doing it for herself.”

Seems Artist Motivation Pure Paint

Author:Liza Campbell

“I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.”

Believe Art Artist Motivation Don't Believe

Author:Jeff Koons

“I don't think any collector knows his true motivation.”

Thinking Knows Motivational Artist Motivation Collectors

Author:Robert Mapplethorpe

“That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.”

Kind Art Motivational Artist Motivation Attention Architecture

Author:James Taylor

“The motivation of all artists is 'Look at me, Mum'.”

Inspirational Looks Artist Motivation Mum Look At Me

Book:Dandy in the Underworld

Source: Dandy in the Underworld

“Musicians must make music, artists must paint, poets must write if they are to be ultimately at peace with themselves. What human beings can be, they must be. They must be true to their own nature. This need we may call self-actualization.”

Ifs Needs Writing Humans May Self Artist Motivation Peace Human Beings Music Vision Poet Personality Musician Paint Being True Self Actualization Actualization Music Artist

Author:Abraham Maslow

“For most of human history, musicians, artists, they've been part of the community — connectors and openers, not untouchable stars.”

Humans Inspiration Artist Motivation Stars Community Musician Human History Untouchables Connectors

Author:Amanda Palmer