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> [Being an artist is like being an athlete. You have to be in there every day, keeping in shape. You have to be fearless. You have to be confident, and if you start getting thrown by criticism or esthetic terminology,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-jordan/being-an-artist-is-like-being-an-athlete-you-have-to-be-in-there/)

[Lawrence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-jordan/)

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## More by Lawrence Jordan

> [It's not my job at the Institute to teach where people are in the art world - in the world of art historically. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-jordan/it-s-not-my-job-at-the-institute-to-teach-where-people-are-in-the-art/)

[Lawrence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-jordan/)

> [Being an artist is like being an athlete. You have to be in there every day, keeping in shape. You have to be fearless.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-jordan/being-an-artist-is-like-being-an-athlete-you-have-to-be-in-there/)

[Lawrence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-jordan/)

> [I do identify with Olympic athletes quite a lot because they have to push to reach a certain plateau and some of them go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-jordan/i-do-identify-with-olympic-athletes-quite-a-lot-because-they-have-to/)

[Lawrence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-jordan/)

> [It is a reality. People are being victimized or are being targeted to be victims each and every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-jordan/it-is-a-reality-people-are-being-victimized-or-are-being-targeted-to/)

[Lawrence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-jordan/)

> [I teach art at a famous art school, and yet I don't have really the least notion what post-modernism means, but we have people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-jordan/i-teach-art-at-a-famous-art-school-and-yet-i-don-t-have-really-the/)

[Lawrence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-jordan/)

> [I don't think that my work appeals that much to the hard-core, avant-garde film audience. They appeal to people who teach film and those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-jordan/i-don-t-think-that-my-work-appeals-that-much-to-the-hard-core-avant/)

[Lawrence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-jordan/)

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