“There are times when I have started a work with an end in mind, but then, for one reason or another, as my picture unfolded, it emphatically suggested another direction... I always accept the risk and go for it. I'm convinced that at such times my painting is wiser than I am.” MindEndsReasonAcceptingRiskPaintingConvincedWiser Author:Richard Schmid
“No one wants my painting because it is different from other people's peculiar, crazy public that demands the greatest possible degree of originality on the painter's part and yet won't accept him unless his work resembles that of the others!” PeopleWantDifferentAcceptingCrazyPaintingDemandDegreesPainterPeculiarOriginality Book:The writings of a savage Source: The writings of a savage
“For the artist, the goal of the painting or musical composition is not to convey literal truth, but an aspect of a universal truth that if successful, will continue to move and to touch people even as contexts, societies and cultures change. For the scientist, the goal of a theory is to convey "truth for now"--to replace an old truth, while accepting that someday this theory, too, will be replaced by a new "truth," because that is the way science advances.” PeopleIfsWayMovingArtistCultureGoalAcceptingSuccessfulPaintingTheoryTruth IsAspectScientistUniversalMusicalSomedayCompositionReplacedLiteralUniversal TruthCulture ChangeSociety And CultureMusical Composition Author:Daniel Levitin
“I think one important thing that happens in the studio is accepting yourself as the enemy and painting from that point of view. So instead of pointing the finger outward and passing judgment, instead, you start with yourself as your own worst enemy.” ThinkingImportantHappensViewsAcceptingEnemyWorstPaintingJudgmentImportant ThingsFingersStudiosPoint Of ViewPassingPassingsPointingWorst EnemyAccepting YourselfPointing FingersPassing Judgment Author:Lisa Yuskavage
“When they're looking at my work, they're looking at a painting and they're able to accept it better because it is also a quilt.” AbleAcceptingPaintingQuilts Author:Faith Ringgold
“If you can really accept the fact that every time you think a thought and every time you speak a word you are literally painting your future or making your dinner - whatever you want to call it - you are creating ... and you are creating your own life.” IfsThinkingWantFactsSpeakAcceptingPaintingCreatingDinnerOur FutureYour Future Author:Louise Hay
“If I would had been born years earlier, I would have been in all the Westerns. It's just the way that the industry goes. But now, we are in an age of a lot of different kinds of fears, and you have the science fiction and horror genres doing our morality plays the same way that they would have done in Westerns. I absolutely accept it. In every respect, fantasy is like doing abstract paintings.” IfsWayYearsKindHas BeensDifferentDonePlayAgeBornFictionAcceptingFantasyPaintingIndustryMoralityHorrorScience FictionGenreAbstractDifferent KindsHorror GenreAbstract Painting Author:Lance Henriksen
“To accept some idea of truth without experiencing it is like a painting of a cake on paper which you cannot eat.” IdeasAcceptingPaintingPaperCakeZen ProverbZen Like Author:Shunryu Suzuki
“What art is not processed? "Conceptual art." Somebody making a painting has to conceive of the size. I don't understand where these words came from. I can't accept the fact that the concept of art as our concept of humanity is expanding.” ArtI CanFactsHumanityAcceptingPaintingArt IsConceptsSizeExpandingConceptual Art Author:Lawrence Weiner