--- title: "1 Young Artist Quotes By Ken Danby" description: "1 Young Artist quotes by Ken Danby. Plus more from Ken Danby and more Young Artist sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/ken-danby-24132_art_there-s-nothing-like-a-little-fear-or-hu_356426.png" --- > [There's nothing like a little fear or hunger to motivate one's inspiration. To take that away from a young artist can offer quite a disservice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/there-s-nothing-like-a-little-fear-or-hunger-to-motivate-one-s/) [Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/ken-danby-24132_art_there-s-nothing-like-a-little-fear-or-hu_356426.png) ## More by Ken Danby > [Regardless of the importance of known evidence to the contrary, the arts are generally regarded as being so much entertaining fluff, a commodity that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/regardless-of-the-importance-of-known-evidence-to-the-contrary-the/) [Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/) > [Desire is everything, not talent. It's the degree of one's desire that will dictate the extent of one's success, in any endeavour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/desire-is-everything-not-talent-it-s-the-degree-of-one-s-desire-that/) [Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/) > [Understand who you are and who you want to be, and thereby learn how you may best relate to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/understand-who-you-are-and-who-you-want-to-be-and-thereby-learn-how/) [Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/) > [Abstraction and realism work best together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/abstraction-and-realism-work-best-together/) [Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/) > [I must have the personal dialogue, the private time, with each painting in progress. I can't share it with anyone until it's done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/i-must-have-the-personal-dialogue-the-private-time-with-each-painting/) [Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/) > [Growing up in Northern Ontario provided me with a strong affinity for the natural environment that was so eloquently responded to by Tom Thomson…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/growing-up-in-northern-ontario-provided-me-with-a-strong-affinity-for/) [Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/) > [There's nothing like a little fear or hunger to motivate one's inspiration. To take that away from a young artist can offer quite a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/there-s-nothing-like-a-little-fear-or-hunger-to-motivate-one-s/) [Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/) > [We do not see with our eyes, but through them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/we-do-not-see-with-our-eyes-but-through-them/) [Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/) > [Art is a necessity, an essential part of our enlightenment process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/art-is-a-necessity-an-essential-part-of-our-enlightenment-process/) [Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/) > [Without art, we're handicapped, and living a stifled, barren existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/without-art-we-re-handicapped-and-living-a-stifled-barren-existence/) [Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/) > [Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/art-is-a-necessity-an-essential-part-of-our-enlightenment-process-we/) [Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/) > [In painting, detail for the sake of itself is useless. It must have relevance to the whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/in-painting-detail-for-the-sake-of-itself-is-useless-it-must-have/) [Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/) > [As an artist, my concern is toward the synthesizing of all the visual elements at my disposal - at the exclusion of none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/as-an-artist-my-concern-is-toward-the-synthesizing-of-all-the-visual/) [Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/) > [Creative expression and visual comprehension are really the handmaidens of art. One cannot thrive without the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/creative-expression-and-visual-comprehension-are-really-the/) [Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/) > [Learn to nurture and trust your instincts as well as your conscious reasoning. Often, one's instincts will offer the better judgment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/learn-to-nurture-and-trust-your-instincts-as-well-as-your-conscious/) [Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young-artist/ken-danby/#itemlist", "name": "1 Young Artist Quotes By Ken Danby", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's nothing like a little fear or hunger to motivate one's inspiration. 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