“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 caught in the middle, staring at your half-finished canvas and fearing both that you lack the… — 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
