“The discovery of useful forms is precious. Once found, they should never be abandoned for trivial reasons. It’s easy to imagine today’s… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
“To the artist, all problems of art appear uniquely personal. Well, that's understandable enough, given that not many other activities routinely call… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
To all viewers but yourself, what matters is the product: the finished artwork. To you, and you alone, what matters is the… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
“Making art depends upon noticing things — things about yourself, your methods, your subject matter. Sooner or later, for instance, every visual… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
We have to construct communities of artists because they don't naturally exist in our culture. — David Bayles Copy Share Image
Uncertainty is the essential, inevitable and all-pervasive companion to your desire to make art — David Bayles Copy Share Image
Artmaking involves skills that can be learned. . . In large measure becoming an artist consists of learning to accept yourself, which… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
The seed of your next artwork lies embedded in the imperfections of your current piece. — David Bayles Copy Share Image
The seed of your next artwork lies embedded in the imperfections of your current piece. Such imperfections are your guides - valuable, objective, non-judgmental… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
“But the important point here is not that you have — or don’t have — what other artists have, but rather that it doesn’t… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
“In essence, art lies embedded in the conceptual leap between pieces, not in the pieces themselves. And simply put, there’s a greater conceptual jump… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
“But while mastering technique is difficult and time-consuming, it’s still inherently easier to reach an already defined goal — a “right answer” — than… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
“There were counter-protests, of course, and in the end Mapplethorpe’s work was exhibited, but the message to the arts community was clear: stray too… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
Art is a high calling - fears are coincidental. Coincidental, sneaky and disruptive, we might add, disguising themselves variously as laziness, resistance to deadlines,… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
“Sometimes to see your work’s rightful place you have to walk to the edge of the precipice and search the deep chasms. You have… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
“Fears arise when you look back, and they arise when you look ahead. If you're prone to disaster fantasies, you may even find yourself… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
“But is the Mona Lisa really art? Well then, what about an undetectably perfect copy of the Mona Lisa? That comparison (however sneaky) points… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
The hardest part of art-making is living your life in such a way that your work gets done-over and over-and that means, among other… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
