Mary Carroll Nelson famous quotes

It is the individual artist who must act courageously in an effort to grow.
-- Mary Carroll Nelson

#Artist #Effort #Growth

The actual breakthrough in the privacy of the studio, when one dares to apply paint in a new manner, is a solitary thrill, dependent upon no one else.
-- Mary Carroll Nelson

#Thrill #Originality #Privacy

Every artist who evolves a style does so from illusive elements that inhabit his or her visual storehouse.
-- Mary Carroll Nelson

#Artist #Style #Doe

Artists are often excellent businessmen. They have to be. Otherwise they do not remain artists.

I would just encourage any artist to stay focused, of course keep God first, and just keep working hard. Try to outwork those who you idolize.

Now almost every artist outside of New York is connected with some school or some museum school, and even in New York the majority are. That's an interesting fact when you take the idea of making money, making a living selling paintings. Only a dozen or two painters do that.

An artist who dedicates his life to art, burdens his art with his life, and his life with his art.

A recent report by UNEP and Interpol estimated that between 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of the Amazon basin, Central Africa and South East Asia is being carried out by organized crime. This threatens not only attempts to eradicate poverty and deforestation but also efforts to combat climate change.

Wit is artificial; humor is natural. Wit is accidental; humor is inevitable. Wit is born of conscious effort; humor, of the allotted ironies of fate. Wit can be expressed only in language; humor can be developed sufficiently in situation.

There're so many things I want to do, like become more media savvy. I am too lazy. But I'm making an effort.

Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, where the population growth is very high, whereby you don't have the mortgage low yet. Still the demand outstrips supply by much.

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

Example is leadership.