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Art Quote by Bill Viola

“A lot of what making art is, is just being open, and empty. And putting yourself in the right place for things to, literally, come together.” quote by Bill Viola — Download Open image

“A lot of what making art is, is just being open, and empty. And putting yourself in the right place for things to, literally, come together.”

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Because we live in an industrialized, fast-paced world that prefers that the soul remain asleep.

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I spend a lot of time writing. I get inspiration from texts rather than images.

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