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- Creativity requires introspection, self-examination, and a willingness to take risks. Because of this, artists are perhaps more susceptible to self-doubt and despair than those who…
- An artist feels vulnerable to begin with; and yet the only answer is to recklessly discard more armour.
- The writer loves the fog as it pours in; he loves the sun when the fog pours out. The rest of California is Beach Boys…
- An alive piece of art may be more alive than much of its audience, and with this odd truth artists must make peace.
- One visit with a child can supply us with enough creativity dust to last for a lifetime... Visit with children like you're the child you…
- It is in an artist's real interest to congratulate herself more often: not out of narcissism, but in her role as her own dear friend…
- If, because of anxiety and self-doubt, you procrastinate and only think about working, you'll feel more exhausted than if you'd created for hours.
- The artist dreams of works of real breadth; but, limited by his personality and the nature of his medium, limited by inner disturbances and loss…
- The more sophisticated we become - as we pierce reality and see the void beyond - the more our sense of wonder is destroyed, along…
- Because she favours solitude and indwelling, an artist can live a significantly more claustrophobic life that she had ever intended.
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