I made up my mind that nothing,, nothing was going to stop me Not even me.
Coping with rejection is an important skill to learn and understand when navigating the Art World. Rejection and disinterest is the rule, not the exception.
Artists make art. . . everyone else talks about it.
Success for an artist is completed work. Very successful artists complete a lot of work. It's that simple.
I'm more convinced each day of the complete unreality of the material world and the supreme vitality of the invisible world of spirit.
Persistence and love of one's work is the key.
Obsessive devotion to creating can spark that which is called 'genius. ' Smarter or more gifted? The 'madness' is the insatiable drive to discover, achieve and create. Monomania can develop into 'genius,' as the individual delves deeper into the process leaving normal parameters behind.
The past resembles the future more than one drop of water resembles another.
They [Americans] want to believe that Good and Evil can be defined in precise categories, that Good is already, or will be easily achieved. . . . if this optimism appears too superficial, they will try to create a kind of anti-God: the U. S. S. R. That is Evil, and it only needs to be annihilated to re-establish the reign of Good.
It's good to do stand-up. It kind of wakes you up and makes you feel like you're doing something. You got the crowd right there. That's all fun.
Welcome will arrived, the hour that was not hoped for.