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It makes me sad, sad inside, to see a warrior without his pride.

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Nature places a simple constraint on those who leave the flock to go their own way: they get eaten. In society it's a bit more complicated. Nonetheless the admonition stands: avoiding the unknown has considerable survival value. Society, nature, and artmaking tend to produce guarded creatures.

Eaten, Places, Simple, Survival, Way
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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.

Lying, Imperfection, Needs, Imperfections, Lies, Objective

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

Block, Faster, Goal, May, Strive, Talent

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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