In a way, her strangeness, her naivete, her craving for the other half of her equation was the consequence of idle imagination. Had she paints, or clay, or knew the discipline of the dance, or strings; had she anything to engage her tremendous curiosity and her gift for metaphor, she might have exchanged the restlessness and preoccupation with whim for an activity that provided her with all she yearned for. And like any artist with no art from, she became dangerous.
Toni MorrisonTags: art curiosity idleness recklessness boredom-to-brilliance
There are no mistakes in art.
Maria RenteriaTags: inspirational art mistakes canvas
Publishing is a business and writing is an art. The two have to be crammed together despite the clearly different motivations behind them.
Michelle M. PillowTags: art writing business industry publishing author book-publishing
...it occurred to me that I could use the energy I had been putting into endurance to change my life. Yet the concept of brunt, of accepting and enduring, still seems to me to have a kind of nobility. It is, perhaps, less intelligent, but there is a stubborn selfhood about it that is dear to me. It can be, quite literally, the only way to survive.
Anne TruittTags: art inspirational-quotes literary
The barriers are not erected which can say to [aspiring] talents and industry, “Thus far and no farther.
Ludwig van BeethovenTags: inspirational art mentoring muse mentorship
I feel very strongly that every artist has one central story to tell. The
struggle is to tell and retell that story over and over again, visual form,
and try to challenge that story. But at the core that story remains the same.
It's like the defining story of who you are.
-Gregory Crewdson, "Brief Encounters"
http://www.gregorycrewdsonmovie.com/
Tags: art creativity
All the same, I don't mean nothin' you wouldn't like yer mas to know about, see? That's straight, that is. It's Art, and that makes all the difference. *When it ain't Art it's dirt, but if it's Art it's all right, see?*
Stella GibbonsTags: art
Imagination is the faculty of the mind that God has given us to make the communication of his beauty beautiful.
John PiperTags: imagination art beauty christianity god creativity john-piper
Do the thing that scares you.
Jill TelfordTags: fear art vision create inspired
No one can discover you until you do. Exploit your talents, skills and strengths and make the world sit up and take notice.
Rob LianoTags: life talent art music inspiration self-esteem self-worth motivation discovery skills career artistic discover strengths
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