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Learn from the greats, and expose yourself to better work.

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Pay no attention to the less courageous.
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Scientists tracking mirror neurons noticed that a monkey will get excited not just when holding a banana, but also when seeing someone else holding a banana.
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Remember the importance of phrases... a piece of something, an entry, a moment, a mark. This adjusts the pressure of the giant task of creating the perfect masterwork.
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These days, if you happen to be a poet you have to sing your words to get your ideas out.
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Artists and their subjects are the star-crossed lovers of the world. They recognize each other on impact.
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Half of the pleasure of painting and feeling the joy of the creative act is sharing it with others and the feeling of connection. It could just be the colour. But it is something that someone other than you has seen and felt. It is momentous. It is magic.
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I value the momentum of making the list and the drive to tick. Sometimes I add stuff I've already accomplished so I can get going on my feelings of accomplishment.
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Stretch your goals... In other words, think big and think far off.
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In modern times we are often encouraged to protect our ego-force and individuality by securing a private world in which to develop our unique artistic voice. Many artists find themselves solo-paddling along a private and unchallenging river... Could rivalry be a productive system?
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Read in order to write, but paint in order to paint.
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Tear-stained flops are necessary. They're the gift you give yourself when you're willing to fly.
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Why can't we all just acknowledge that 'nature' - that is, 'sex' or 'erotic' images, which are really just 'attracters' are everywhere. Of course a flower looks like what it looks like - that's what it is - to a bee.
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Art is a perfectly complete cause.
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Could rivalry be a productive system?
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Value choices are intuitive... It's fun to see how much you can get without leaning on contrast.
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Refreshing failures roll off the travel easel like ants from a picnic blanket.
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Some artists approach their 'why?' intuitively, and work toward giving it a voice through their technical skill. Others begin as technicians, and develop, or discover, their 'why?' as they become stronger communicators.
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The strategy of keeping the studio close, like an outbuilding five paces from the house, or in the loft next door, or with the studio on one end and the bed on the other - makes art always available.
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Joy is my energy and energy is my powerhouse.
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Things we do regularly become buried with habits, and we lose the ability to extract their powers to inspire.
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