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Browse 48 David Bayles quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-david-bayles-13995.jpg" --- ![Portrait of David Bayles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-david-bayles-13995.jpg) # David Bayles Researcher **48** quotes in **238** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet David Bayles is a researcher. ## Quick Facts About David Bayles Profession Researcher ## About David Bayles researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-0160-6624)... ## Quotes by David Bayles · Page 2 > [“But the important point here is not that you have — or don’t have — what other artists have, but rather that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bayles/but-the-important-point-here-is-not-that-you-have-or-don-t-have-what/) [David Bayles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bayles/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebc/david-bayles-13995_art_but-the-important-point-here-is-not-that_46693.jpg) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bayles/the-hardest-part-of-art-making-is-living-your-life-in-such-a-way-that/) [David Bayles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bayles/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e81/david-bayles-13995_art_the-hardest-part-of-art-making-is-living_446791.jpg) > [“Sometimes to see your work’s rightful place you have to walk to the edge of the precipice and search the deep chasms.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bayles/sometimes-to-see-your-work-s-rightful-place-you-have-to-walk-to-the/) [David Bayles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bayles/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/david-bayles-13995_art_sometimes-to-see-your-work-s-rightful-pl_332012.jpg) > [There's generally no good reason why others should care about most of any one artist's work. The function of the overwhelming majority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bayles/there-s-generally-no-good-reason-why-others-should-care-about-most-of/) [David Bayles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bayles/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/david-bayles-13995_art_there-s-generally-no-good-reason-why-oth_811279.jpg) > [“Making art can feel dangerous and revealing. Making art is dangerous and revealing. Making art precipitates self-doubt, stirring deep waters that lay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bayles/making-art-can-feel-dangerous-and-revealing-making-art-is-dangerous/) [David Bayles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bayles/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/david-bayles-13995_art_making-art-can-feel-dangerous-and-reveal_1797020.jpg) > [“Today, indeed, you can find urban white artists — people who could not reliably tell a coyote from a german shepherd at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bayles/today-indeed-you-can-find-urban-white-artists-people-who-could-not/) [David Bayles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bayles/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/david-bayles-13995_art_today-indeed-you-can-find-urban-white-ar_1369137.jpg) > [“Designer Charles Eames, arguably the quintessential Renaissance Man of the twentieth century, used to complain good-naturedly that he devoted only about one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bayles/designer-charles-eames-arguably-the-quintessential-renaissance-man-of/) [David Bayles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bayles/) [Engineering](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/engineering/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cd/david-bayles-13995_engineering_designer-charles-eames-arguably-the-quin_2006066.jpg) > [“The discovery of useful forms is precious. Once found, they should never be abandoned for trivial reasons. It’s easy to imagine today’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bayles/the-discovery-of-useful-forms-is-precious-once-found-they-should/) [David Bayles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bayles/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/david-bayles-13995_art_the-discovery-of-useful-forms-is-preciou_2403676.jpg) ## David Bayles by topic [Art (34)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/david-bayles/) [Artist (27)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/david-bayles/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bayles/#itemlist", "name": "David Bayles Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But the important point here is not that you have — or don’t have — what other artists have, but rather that it doesn’t matter. 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