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For much of my life there was no place where the things I wanted to investigate were of interest to anyone.

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Something about making art has to do with overcoming things, giving us a clear opportunity for doing things in ways we have always known we should do them.

Art, Opportunity, Giving, Things, Ways
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The seed of your next artwork lies embedded in the imperfections of your current piece. Such imperfections are your guides - valuable, objective, non-judgmental guides to matters you need to reconsider or develop further.

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Talent may get someone off the starting blocks faster, but without a sense of direction or a goal to strive for, it won't count for much

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Making art now means working in the face of uncertainty; it means living with doubt and contradiction, doing something no one much cares whether you do, and for which there may be neither an audience nor reward. Making the work you want to make means setting aside these doubts so that you may see clearly what you have done, and thereby see where to go next. Making the work you want to make means finding nourishment within the work itself.

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Even talent is rarely distinguishable, over the long run, from perseverance and lots of hard work.

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The lessons you are meant to learn are in your work. To see them, you need only look at the work clearly - without judgment, without need or fear, without wishes or hopes. Without emotional expectations. Ask your work what it needs, not what you need. Then set aside your fears and listen, the way a good parent listens to a child

Inspirational, Life, Beautiful, See, Set, Listen
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