We cannot freely and wisely choose the right way for ourselves unless we know both good and evil.
And if out of a million visitors there is even one to whom art means something, that is enough to justify museums.
To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.
Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.
One morning, one of us ran out of the black, it was the birth of Impressionism.
The pain passes, but the beauty remains.
Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.
You can get a thousand no's from people, and only one "yes" from God.
Nothing is as bad as it seems. Nothing. There is a benefit and a blessing hidden in the folds of every experience and every outcome. That includes every and any 'bad' thing that may be happening to you right now. Change your perspective. Know that nothing happens ever that is not for your highest good. All that needs to change for you to see this. . . is your definition of 'Highest Good. '
I had many clients who didn't respect me, probably because of how they were raised. We're all the walking wounded.
Definitely you don't become famous by doing something bad; that's a professional death sentence.