"I started blogging because I didn't know if I wanted to be an artist. I wanted to talk to other people online who were doing art, so I would post work and ask for feedback. I loved that an artist like James Jean would show his process on his blog. It became this open dialogue that, unfortunately, we don't have a lot in the fine-art world. People will say, "Wow, you share a lot." I'm like, "No, I make it a point to." Instagram is a great place for people to share failure. I don't want people to think that being an artist is some glamorous life."

-- Toyin Odutola

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“There is a school of thought that believes that sleep is for the night. You appear to be out to disprove them.”

Source : Alan Ayckbourn (2015). “The Crafty Art of Playmaking”, p.68, Macmillan
“You may not like the idea of putting money into a home when you're moving out. But it's demanded by the market. You need to show it off. You don't have to rip out the kitchen and bathroom. But maybe replace the tiles or the countertops. Get professional advice.”
“Use pain as a stepping stone, not a camp ground.”
“Girls inevitably grew into women, but something of the boy persisted in every man.”

Source : Mary Roberts Rinehart (2013). “Married People: A Collection of Short Stories”, p.11, Overamstel Uitgevers
“The goal of cable news executives is not to make me an informed citizen of Earth. Their mission is to tickle the dark reptilian depths of my brain and hook me so they can then barter with my soul for advertising revenue.”
“Youâ€™re playing the creepy vibe a little hard,â€ I said. â€œMight as well go for broke, put on a black top hat and pipe in some organ music.”
“Art cannot be modern. Art is primordially eternal.”

Source : Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (2005). “Egon Schiele: love and death”, Cantz
“As it is the nature of a kite to devour little birds, so it is the nature of some minds to insult and tyrannize over little people; this being the means which they use to recompense themselves for their extreme servility and condescension to their superiors; for nothing can be more reasonable than that slaves and flatterers should exact the same taxes on all below them which they themselves pay to all above them.”

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