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Some people say I was very brave, but I really just didn't know any better. All I had was my originality.

Buffy Sainte-Marie

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Buffy Sainte-Marie
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 20
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Buffy St. Marie
Beverly Sainte-Marie
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Another time factor is output: proofing and printing. That is, getting your work out of the computer and onto paper and having it satisfy you. It can be time consuming and expensive.
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I had no reason to want to copy anybody else. What I wanted to give audiences for the few minutes that I thought my career would last was something unique.
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The key is in remaining just aloof enough from a painting so that you know when to stop.
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I didn't know what I was gonna get the first time I sat down at a piano, but I loved it and it became my playmate for life.
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I sang a song in Hindi nobody even knew what that was. Singing about Native American issues, nobody did that... I had no reason to want to copy anybody else... All I had was my originality.
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You have to leave room in life to dream.
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Music has been my playmate, my lover, and my crying towel.
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The artistic process in digital art is very much the same as for making other kinds of paintings.
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What can government do? They can listen to their own people. But I'll tell you what citizens can do, when we elect one of these people - whether we think it's a good guy or a bozo - you got to stay on the case. You don't vote and go home and give them the keys to the car, he'll drive you right off a cliff. You have to help people to stay honest.
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As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar.
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That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days.
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I work closely with the printer to get the final print the way I want it.
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Children don't have to be raised. They'll grow.
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I'm trying to entice people, and sometimes my information is very hard hitting. So I've always wanted to have a soft approach.
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By looking at the questions the kids are asking, we learn the scope of what needs to be done.
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Digital imaging allows both groups to rise above the limitations of mess and clutter and mechanics, and apply our talents to creating images limited only by our imaginations.
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We also have the option of scanning in an image from outside the computer... a photo, or a sketch done with traditional tools and we can then paint, manipulate, process, change, and further develop the image within the computer, watching our progress on the monitor.
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But in the old days, visual artists used to fall into two distinct categories: those of us who created images with cameras and those of us who applied stuff onto other stuff, with brushes or other tools.
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All kids, I think, are creative, but they get it pounded out of them in school.
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I was playing with sound like I would have played with pots and pans as a kid.
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