"Experimental artists build their skills gradually over the course of their careers, improving their work slowly over long periods. These artists are perfectionists and are typically plagued by frustration at their inability to achieve their goals."

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Source : David W. Galenson (2011). “Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity”, p.4, Princeton University Press

David Galenson

#Artist Quotes #Frustration Quotes #Skills Quotes

“Holiness grows so fast where there is kindness. The world is lost for want of sweetness and kindness. Do not forget we need each other.”
“...if ever the sun rises upon Barbecue, its flavor vanishes like Cinderella's silks, and it becomes cold baked beef - staler in the chill dawn than illicit love.”
“What I'd like to do now - well, what I'd like to do now is grow my beard very long, weave it into my pubes and strum it like a harp.”
“School bored me. Being educated and being intelligent are two different things. I thought I was smart enough. And I wanted to be an entertainer. I stopped going to school as a way of saying I was mature, a way of saying I was going to choose who I was going to become.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Our first intuitions are the true ones.”
“People would see me on a Nickelodeon commercial, and I would hear about it the next day in school”
“I'm just going to keep doing comedy because I don't know what else to do. I have no other applicable skills.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“With the second record (2012's Anxiety), I was quite jaded, and exhausted, and tired. With this third record, I feel that I've come full circle. I had gotten to the absolute pinnacle of how bad someone could feel.”

Source : Brightest Young Things Interview, brightestyoungthings.com. June 23, 2016.

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