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Read in order to write, but paint in order to paint.

Sara Genn

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Joy is my energy and energy is my powerhouse.
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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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Value choices are intuitive... It's fun to see how much you can get without leaning on contrast.
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Every task is given equal importance - that way I can pick and choose my tasks based on the ebb and flow of my creative metabolism.
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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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If an artist comes intuitively from the point of design, notan - lightness/darkness - is natural.
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Art begins when an observer's sensibilities engage with the understatements of a calculating craftsman.
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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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These days, if you happen to be a poet you have to sing your words to get your ideas out.
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Painters tend to ignore the challenges and thrills that sculptors enjoy daily - volume... like the perfect, imperfect voluminous oval of the egg.
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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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You are responsible for understanding your limitations.
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Refreshing failures roll off the travel easel like ants from a picnic blanket.
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A millionaire is a person who is free, who does what she loves, who has unlimited materials, her choice of tools, abundance, inspiration, freedom and an inflated sense of entitlement to have, create and get more.
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