The short-goal habit is key to larger success and is at the root of human greatness. Life is think and do, think and do, think and do. Small steps can be greater than great leaps.
Start with the foreground. Compositions fail when the foreground is treated as an afterthought.
Fact is, perfection is boring.
Priests are often well-meaning people who haven't yet looked too thoroughly into comparative religion.
One compositional element suggests and asks for another. This is what makes the activity interesting.
Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs; professionals get to work.
Curiosity allows your unique "owned processes" to draw you toward creative conclusions.
Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.
For all of us, self-briefing before going out or starting a project sharpens artistic wit.
When I'm in the studio I often hunger for the road. And when away I long for the efficiency of the studio.
It's my wish that I can help creative people think of new ways to be creative - to get more joy and understanding from their own unique processes.
Once as I sat painting, I became aware of a man's face hovering near me, moving closer and closer to the panel I was working on. When he spoke he said, 'That is a fantastic brush!
Drawing is still the bottom line.
A curiosity prompt heightens the senses and hones compositional ability.
We have been mysteriously gifted this amazing life. Let us not complain.
Art, because it's so easy to do, and yet so difficult to do well, encourages humility in the human soul.
When shucked and released from its edges, the windowless subject stands alone as its own thing.
Don't assume there is only one way. Don't assume that mistakes are a bad thing. Don't think for one minute that everyone agrees with what 'good' is.
Starving artist' is acceptable at age 20, suspect at age 40, and problematical at age 60.
Artists with serious aspirations need to be left alone to follow the course of their own imagination.
Your easel is the nuclear sun of an uncommon universe.
When you serve your passions, proficiency gradually takes over and becomes habitual.
Evolved creators are just as curious about their failures as they are of their successes.
Your muse is amused and willed to further renewal during the process of mindless grabbing of reference material or errant imaginings.
Many a fine style has evolved from a decent handicap.
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