Quotes About Artistry

Work, but work with a flare, a love of the art so to speak, of doing what I love.

M]aze-treaders, whose vision ahead and behind is severely constricted and fragmented, suffer confusion, whereas maze-viewers who see the pattern whole, from above or in a diagram, are dazzled by its complex artistry. What you see depends on where you stand . . . Our perception of labyrinths is thus intrinsically unstable: change your perspective and the labyrinth seems to change.

Chameleons feed on light and air: Poets food is love and fame.

that great poem, which all poets, like the co-operating thoughts of one great mind, have built up since the beginning of the world.

One after another the greatest writers, poets, and artists confirm the fact that their work comes to them from beyond the threshold of consciousness.

The stomach is the teacher of the arts and the dispenser of invention.

It took him one minute to write. Bill stood over him, watching. "I don't know how you do that," he said. "Like the words are already inside the pen." "It's just what's in your brain," Charley said. "The way the words come to you naturally is the best way to put them down." Bill said, "The things in my head don't come in words.

The Artist's Way

Destroy the thing, do it over several times. In each destroying of a beautiful discovery, the artist does not really suppress it, but rather transforms it, condenses it, makes it more substantial. What comes out in the end is the result of discarded finds.

Watching Nicholson talking Towne was like listening to Bob Dylan playing with the Band.

When Michelangelo finally completed painting over 400 life size figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, he is reported to have written, "If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all.

When Michelangelo finally completed painting over 400 life size figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, he is reported to have written, "If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all." What appeared to his admirers to have flowed from sheer genius had required four torturous years of work and dedication.20

I do feel like I have important, beautiful things to say about the world, I just can't think of them at this particular instant.

Alas for those that never sing, But die with all their music in them!" Her

And his brotherís name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.

blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.

Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.

And make a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.

Fashion gold filigree settings

“See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,