“I find that it is important to work slowly. Anyone who looks at such a canvas will follow the same path the artist took, and he will experience that it is the path which counts more than the outcome of it, and that the route taken has been the most interesting part.” LooksHas BeensImportantArtistInterestingPathTakenOutcomesCanvasRoutesMost Interesting Author:Georges Braque
“The artistic formulae wear thin quickly and yet daily the artist - when developing his own foundation - must enter his own time and the problems of other contemporary artists. Paths cross and the soil of time is starting to be turned.” ProblemArtistPathCrossesFoundationStartingContemporaryArtisticDevelopingSoil Book:Asger Jorn Source: Asger Jorn
“Our old experiences, memories and fears guide us down the present path. It's not so much that you are the artist; you are the conduit.” ArtistMemoriesPathJourneyGuides Author:Nick Bantock
“The obedient in art are always the forgotten . . . The country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for a real live artist to splash them onto canvas . . . Chop your own path. Get off the car track.” ArtRealCountryArtistWaitingPathCarForgottenTrackGloriousCanvasObedient Author:A. Y. Jackson
“The eager or dutiful persons who subject themselves to these tidal waves of the classics and the moderns find everything wonderful in an absent-minded way. The wonder washes over them rather than into them, and one of its effects is to make anything shocking or odd suddenly interesting enough to gain a month's celebrity. And so another by-product of our come-one, come-all policy is the tendency to reward cleverness, not art, and to put one more hurdle in the path of the truly original artist.” WayPersonsArtEnoughArtistInterestingWonderPathWonderfulSubjectsEffectsPolicyProductsMonthsGainsOriginalsRewardsWaveTendenciesOddShockingAbsentClevernessHurdleTidal WavesAbsent Minded Author:Jacques Barzun
“Emulation and imitation can legitimately influence one's development, but ultimately the artist must find his own path - and be true to himself.” ArtistPathInfluenceDevelopmentBeing TrueImitationEmulation Author:Ken Danby
“I've decided to do what I want to do in life and follow my own path as an artist, so I've decided not to participate in any sort of nostalgia in which I'm marginalized as a pop icon of yesteryear.” WantArtistMy OwnPathDecidedPopsNostalgiaIconsMarginalizedYesteryear Author:Thomas F. Wilson
“I think all of us, looking back on our careers and our lives, there'll probably be a "road not taken" that we'll regret and mourn. Certainly, artists will always feel that way, especially when the path taken was more commercial than the one not taken.” ThinkingWayFeelsArtistCareersPathTakenOur LivesRegretLooking BackMournRoad Not Taken Author:Liz Garbus
“Make this decision today. Will you be a good and honest writer, or would you rather be famous, loved, noticed? Tell me, because there are different paths for these two divergent goals. The decision to be a true artist is lonelier and slower, but it will lead to better work and, I think, a better life. Very rarely you will be a good and honest writer and also know a little comfort and some attention and the well wishes of a crowd. This is very rare.” ThinkingKnowsWellsLittlesTwoDifferentTodayArtistWishGoalDecisionAttentionPathHonestComfortCrowdsBetter LifeDivergentTrue ArtistsDifferent PathsWell Wishes Author:Tennessee Williams
“Every successful artist comes from a family - parents or siblings or both - who, although equally gifted, chose not to pursue the treacherous and difficult path of the artist.” ArtistParentDifficultPathSuccessfulPursueGiftedSiblingTreacherousSuccessful Artists Author:Chris Abani
“Everyone is an artist. Everyone is creative in their own way and that that creativity is a great thing. It's a human thing and it needs to be nurtured and it can help us go down life's path and help us to become deeper, richer, more satisfied human beings.” WayNeedsHumansHelpingArtistHuman BeingsCreativityCreativePathDeeperSatisfiedGreat Things Author:Rainn Wilson
“I was doing great plays. It wasn't changing the world. I was getting good agents and doing film and TV and I wasn't happier. I was like "Wow, there is an unease inside of me." And that led me back on my kind of more spiritual path to the Baha'i faith in a new and fresher way and I came to also understand at that point that there was no difference between being devout and being an artist. There is no difference between creativity and spirituality and philosophy and that is what Soul Pancake, the book, and SoulPancake.com are about is: it's all about human expression and it's about seeking to transcend.” WorldWayHumansKindBookSoulPhilosophyPlayFilmSpiritualArtistSpiritualityDifferencesCreativityPathExpressionTvsSeekingAgentsChanging The WorldWowSpiritual PathBeing An ArtistPancakesBahaBaha I Author:Rainn Wilson
“During freedom struggle, It were authors and artists who made the Nation stand with their pen, and now their pen can create an environment of renaissance when Independent India is on the path of Good Governance.” MadeArtistNationsStrugglePathEnvironmentIndiaIndependentPensGovernanceRenaissanceGood Governance Author:Narendra Modi
“For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide.” ArtistCompanyBeautyPathGuidesEros Author:Thomas E. Mann
“Artist should look at the reality and brutality of modern life in all its color, nature with all its imperfections - that should be the challenge to the modern painter not the didactic idealization of the past. The new generation should forge a new path.” ShouldLooksRealityPastArtistChallengesPathGenerationsModernColorPainterImperfectionModern LifeBrutalityNew GenerationNew PathsDidactic Author:Charles Baudelaire
“Learning how to code and program computers when I was a kid was one of the best choices I made growing up. By writing code, I learned how to bring my dreams to life, how to budget, and how to build stuff. Whatever path you choose in life - being an artist, an engineer, a lawyer, a teacher, or even a politician, you will give yourself a huge leg up if you learn how to code.” IfsGivingWritingMadeDreamKidsArtistChoicesStuffGrowing UpPathTeacherGrowingHugePoliticianComputerProgramLegsLawyerCodeBudgetsYou ChooseEngineersBeing An ArtistWriting Code Author:Robert Glaser
“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 tried to just do things like make some money, be responsible, help out other artists who I see have had a similar path.” HelpingArtistPathResponsibleBeing Responsible Author:Ariel Pink
“Every artist's world is an individual experience and no one thing can prepare you. You have to go in and go where those roles lead you - just allow it to happen and follow your path.” WorldHappensArtistIndividualRolesPathOne Thing Author:Kalup Linzy
“I think every musician is different, every artist is different, and in a perfect world people would be able to pursue their own path and have the inspiration and the drive to, and the energy and dedication to take their path to its fruition. I don't really believe in formulas.” PeopleThinkingWorldBelieveDifferentInspirationWould BeAbleArtistEnergyPerfectPathMusicianPursueFormulasDedicationA Perfect WorldFruition Author:Emily Haines
“Sometimes, as a young artist, I was looking for validation to know I was good enough, and that's what the initial audition gave me. It made me feel like I was doing something right, even if it is a scary or unstable path.” IfsKnowsFeelsMadeSometimesEnoughYoungArtistPathScaryGood EnoughAuditionsInitialsUnstableValidationYoung Artists Author:Erin Willett
“I'd become very involved in the production, so the albums were taking longer. So it was never a deliberate decision not to do live shows. A few times, I've thought about doing them again, but it's just kind of never happened. I've just sort of gone the path of becoming a recording artist I guess.” KindShowsArtistDecisionGonePathHappenedBecomingInvolvedAlbumsProductionsDeliberate Author:Kate Bush
“Whether it's just the career path of doing independent music, being an artist, however you want to pigeon-hole it, it creates a certain type of character.” WantCharacterArtistCertainCareersPathTypeMusic IsIndependentHolesBeing An ArtistPigeonsCareer PathIndependent Music Author:Doseone
“As an artist, you have a path that you're on that evolves with the kinds of stories you want to tell.” WantKindStoriesArtistPathEvolve Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“It was a natural path for me, being an artist. Both my parents were artists. I was surrounded by it and I instinctively was drawn toward it, and received a lot of encouragement.” ArtistParentNaturalPathEncouragementBeing An Artist Author:Arik Roper
“My advice to any budding artist is never to be satisfied with imitating others. This is but a means to an end. A serious artist will work with intensity to discover themselves, their own personal vision. I believe this is a fundamental aspect of the creative path.” BelieveMeanEndsArtistI BelieveVisionCreativePathAdviceSeriousAspectFundamentalsSatisfiedIntensityImitatingMeans To An EndPersonal VisionImitating Others Author:Michael Kenna
“She became politically conscious thanks to Studs Terkel and the radio. She started reading all the books we brought home from college and was a great fan of Noam Chomsky. She was a real lefty and yet was not able to meet her dream of becoming an artist. She got drafted into motherhood big time - seven kids - and that wasn't the life that she had planned. So she opened the path so that I could be the artist that she wanted to be.” BookRealHomeDreamBigsKidsAbleWantedArtistReadingPathFansCollegeBecomingConsciousSevenRadioMotherhoodThanksLeftiesStudsGreat Fans Author:Sandra Cisneros