Being an artist Quotes
Here are what the artists of today say about their life and art
Quoted here the artists about art. Did you know that the term Aesthetic was hacked by the German philosopher Alexander Baumgarten in 1735 to define Art as an autonomous entity out of morality, politics and religion? Aesthetic philosophy is still today taught in Fine art schools and it helps the artists to avoid the reality of the art world they will be thrown in afterwards.
Artistic mindset
Alli K
“I always get tongue tied when people ask me what I do.
I feel I can’t just say artist, plus I like the idea or being MORE”
Brandon Dayton
“Integrity means living your life in accordance with the things that you say. So when you say things publicly, you should live according to those things that you say. So I think that’s something that helps me that I try to be very vocal about what I think is the right way to live, the right way to make art. And I hope I think it helps keep me honest and helps keep me on track. Maybe means saying a few to everyone else for a little while and just creating that thing that you’re most passionate about. Whatever it is, fighting compromise and distraction is part of the battle of art and overcoming it is part of the satisfaction that comes from making art.”
Caro Arévalo
“Our society is so lost. While I’m here painting and being inspired by how beautiful our planet is, it’s all just burning down. Yesterday I spent the day hiding feeling incapable of understanding why are corporate agendas more important than the lung of our world, why do we protect profit instead of natural resources, why we see ourselves as individuals separate from other living organisms in our shared home when actually we are all of them and in order to look for what is more convenient for ourselves we have to think of what is more convenient for all of us, and that is work under ethical and sustainable manners that don’t harm others, it’s just common sense.”
David Salle
“In a way I’ve been making the same painting ever since I was fourteen”
Elise R Peterson
“That’s part of the artist mindset, that you’re always looking for things that don’t exist. It’s maddening. But when you get to a place you didn’t even expect to exist, it’s the most satisfying, fulfilling feeling that I’ve had next to having a child.”
-Elise R Peterson – thecreativeindependent
Frederic Clad
“The entrepreneurial artist does not fit into a system of legitimation already established. He seeks to create his own promotion matrix. In another term, it’s a hacker artist”
Julian Schnabel
“I’m the closest thing you’ll get to Picasso in this life”
-Article The Guardian
Photo: Nathaniel Welch/Corbis Outline
Lisa Hanawalt
Designer and producer of BoJack Horseman
“I’m a bad artist. I’m lazy and I’m untalented and bad. That’s not really true, but it’s how I feel a lot of the time. And when I’m looking back at my favorite projects over the last decade, I’ve noticed how often they were preceded or motivated by really negative emotions like this. I get something similar to creative block, but I would just call it paralysis. I’m just afraid to make anything at all. I’m afraid it will be shitty. And when other people ask me for advice on making stuff, I say stuff like…”
Just keep making things. Don’t worry about it. Just make it and think about it later.
Make stuff
“And that’s easier said than done, because you want the stuff you make to be so good and better than all the stuff you’ve made before, and good enough to live up to your crazy expectations of what makes a thing good.”
Feel like shit process
“I’m an idiot. I’m an idiot because it’s an ongoing cycle. And I’m not saying this to complain. I just think a lot of people have this problem, and part of the solution for me is letting myself feel like shit. That’s part of my process. Most of my art projects are either inspired by anxiety and negative emotions, or they’re like a release valve from anxiety.”
Lisa Hanawalt, BoJack Horseman – XOXO Festival (2015)
Malia James
“Maybe I could have been more successful earlier on if I’d focused on one medium, but I wouldn’t trade it for the myriad of experiences I’ve had along the way. I like to do it all, but it doesn’t come without sacrifice.”
-Malia James
-Interview by Armine Iknadossian (2013)
Molly Crabapple
“Getting started as an artist is wildly unsustainable unless you already have a financial cushion, which might come from a trust fund or sex work or a rich spouse.” artnews
Sarah Thornton
“I was really interested in artists’ belief in themselves. I think that when Duchamp gave artists the godlike right to designate something as art, he puts artists in a very difficult position. How do you command that authority? To do that is really a real shift and I don’t think it’s any accident that Duchamp started experimenting with his persona. He started crafting identities at the same time as crafting ideas.”
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“Ironically, with conceptual art, being an artist becomes the craft.”
-Sarah Thornton “33 Artists in 3 Acts” Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 2014
Takashi Murakami
“When I post images on Instagram showing staff members other than myself painting of assisting with the installations, from some corner of the world inevitably arrives the criticism.”
The Kaplan Twins
“The Kaplan Twins are two really sexy girls that I found online I got this space and asked them if they wanted to move-in, they said yes. This is effectively an art incubator. Almost immediately we started to think of ideas of how we can monetize their brands in the environment which is direct-to-consumer part sales on Instagram. They made this interesting observation which was that they got a lot more likes on photos of themselves than they did on their artwork. So we got to think about how we can integrate an art object into their lives and tell the stories of their involvement with the art object. Then sell it directly to consumers.”
-Matty Mo ( aka the most famous artist ) about The Kaplan Twins
Other quotes:
Artists about art
Aya
“Art is the loudest silence. Scream quietly”
Joseph Kaliher
“Art is so important for humanity as it is both useless, worthless and priceless!”
Matt Smart
“Art is thought made manifest. It is the transition of ideas into
Ronan McKenzie
“It was about the work and the whole concept of the show was home and family. But to me, home is somewhere that I feel comfortable, to just kick back and like relax and read and I don’t feel rushed. I feel like a lot of time in galleries when I go there I feel like I go in I see the work and I come out and I don’t relate to this space or I don’t relate to anything within the space.”
Project “I’m Home” (2018)
Sangma Hanny
“Amazing art styles can be found in every corner of the earth but unfortunately, the earth is round. This is especially true for tribal artists where the art patterns are not even recognized as art as it could be as simple as lines or dots. Its about time tribal art is given the same value or status as much as other art forms”
William Fisk
“The scariest thing is to know that you finally have gotten to this level, that I’ve always strived to attain since I was fourteen years old… Um… and there’s a possibility that you know, it doesn’t all work out. You know, that it isn’t all perfect once you get to this… the most… the uppermost echelon.
And this one took four months. And I worked on it… I didn’t take a break. I worked on it straight through for four months. Every day, seven days a week.
I’m not an easy person to live with. Because, you know, I’m married to my work, in a way. But your partner, your wife or spouse, is completely understanding that you need to do that or to be the person you want to be. And that’s an incredible gift.”
Zaria Forman
“When you really care about what you are doing and it really matters on a personal level, it comes through the quality of the work. I think that’s what viewers respond to most.”
Other quotes:
Artists questioning art
Ann Hamilton
“What does it mean to make by hand, to make with a single body, when the influence and the impact of distance in the proximity of our daily lives have changed everything?”
-Ann Hamilton
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