"Every artist is, first of all, a craftperson thoroughly knowledgeable about the materials, tools, and techniques of his or her particular medium and skilled in using many of them."

-- Freeman Patterson

#Artist Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Technique Quotes

“Whatever comes, let it come. What stays, let it stay. What goes, let it go.”

Source : H. W. L. Poonja, Prashanti De Jager (2000). “The Truth Is”, p.455, Weiser Books
“The boundary between expert and amateur was an imposed social-cultural "protection" which actually exposed a number of women to a fatal disease, because decaying matter, as the fireman said of fire (cited in the book's final piece, "Torch Song") "ain't got no rules on it."”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled quality.”
“Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.”
“We all get a little tired of being ourselves sometimes. The answer is to reinvent yourself, but how do you do that and what is the cost?”

Source : "Holy Motors: the weird world of Leos Carax". Interview with Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2012.
“If you cannot live alone, you were born a slave.”

Source : Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith (1996). “Book of Disquietude”, Carcanet Press Limited
“That, we encourage, and I think we're doing a pretty good job with the website and also the DVD, like the first season came out and the second season's being prepared now.”
“I'm willin' for any solution - religious, political. I'm not going to keep offerin' to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. It indicates a weakness on our part.”

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