1) When you fuck up, find a way to make the viewer look elsewhere.
2) Art is an idea come to life
3) Social media does not make the artist. Ideas and emotions do
4) Everything is art if we are just creative enough to make it so
5) There is no such thing as "finished". Its merely a subjective line in the sand
6) Never forget the difference between criticism and judgement.
7) Educate other artists in the Trophic Cascade
8) Stay within the "artists mind" at all times
9) A good artist paints what we want to see. A great artist paints what we often do not wish to see
10) Never destroy the art you don't like. Wait until your skills catch up and then finish it
11) A piece of art breaks down to just two things. The Concept and the Creation.
12) When all else fails, use the Pterodactyl effect
13) Surrealism is subtle. It is meant to transport you one step out of your own reality not one hundred miles
14) Color is the gas that fuels illusion. A color change shifting away from reality changes the world
15) Unique doesn't equal over the top. A unique piece of art is one that most often explores subtlety
16) The line between surrealism and fantasy is thin
17) Tell a story that the viewer interprets
18) Surrealism should vaguely disturb the viewer but not necessarily frighten
19) If there is no emotion in the piece then there is no depth
20) If the dog is brown, its realism. If the dog is blue its fantasy. If the dog has four brown paws and one blue paw its surrealism
21) Distort, don't destroy
22) If we rely too much on the past then we never create anything new.
23) Don't reinvent the wheel. Reinvent the whole universe. If you sweat the little things then you will never be able to focus on the big things
24) I've learned as much from art I've destroyed as I have from art I've created
25) The more complex the game, the more opportunities for winning or cheating. The less complex, the more direct the path to winning or losing
26) There is a certain amount of truth to be found in the ravings of every madman. Sanity makes art. Insanity makes extraordinary art
27) Don't fall into the artists trap that what you think you want to create is going to be the way it actually turns out
28) The act of creation is addicting. The more you create, the more you desire to immerse yourself in the act
29) I am only alive when I am creating art
30) My days are measured by what I create. A good day is filled with inspiration. A bad day is empty of it
31) Art is an extension of who I am into a future where my physical self cannot go
32) For an artist, the journey from idea to finished composition is an amazing trip
33) Never associate your artistic name with one of the great masters. "I'm the next Picasso" should be stricken from your vocabulary
34) There will never be enough room in your studio
35) ANYTHING can be used for art if the artist is creative enough to find a use
36) If you feel you have nothing to say in your art. Invent a new language
37) Art speaks. We don't always listen
38) Distraction can lead to innovation. Don't be afraid to get sidetracked occasionally
39) The surest way to piss off an artist is to say the words "You should paint this!
40) Bright colors don't always mean lightheartedness. Dark colors don't always mean angst. See past the color
41) You eventually get to the point where the planning ends and you just have to stop being anal and create
42) Every piece of art has a spirit. Some spirits are small and quiet, others are loud and obnoxious
43) The angry artist and the happy artist create two different pieces of art. But they both reflect humanity
44) There is nothing that i as a poor starving artist cannot create that I as a rich sated artist could
45) Art is our way of trying to interpret a world we often do not understand
46) If your truly not feeling it, don't force it
47) Mental illness can be the worst demon, or the greatest asset of an artist
48) You DO NOT need gimmicks to be an accomplished artist
49) An artist must focus on the past, the present and the future for every given work they produce
50) The goal of an artist should be to create a conversation piece, not just a pretty picture
51) Worst words an artist can utter "Wait till you see the NEXT piece". Subjectivity says that no matter how stellar you think it is others wont
52) That ecstasy and agony that an artist feels upon the completion of a hard won creation even when no one else sees it
53) Artists should never play it too safe. Take a risk with your work. Experimenting is good for the creative soul
54) If you keep all your art secrets to yourself, how will the next great artists learn? Don't be afraid to share your skills
55) People bury their heads in the sand about death. Artists confront it head on unafraid to challenge it
56) It is better to be adored than hated, but stay your course, keep creating, stay focused on the art not the adoration
57) Sometimes the best art comes from the worst mistakes
58) The message in any given piece of art is only meant for certain people
59) It is possible to mentally & physically exhaust yourself in the act of creating art
60) I'm not hip. I'm not with it. I don't trend. I'm an artist. Retro, futuristic, nerdy, quirky. My work does not conform
61) Don't get so caught up in the selling of art, that you forget about the creating of art
62) Sometimes the best art ideas come at 4am in the morning
63) Creatives who we are meant to work with will inevitably cross our paths
64) Sometimes the difference between a successful piece of art and a failure is nothing more than a slight change of color
65) What are the criteria one should use to judge the success of an artists life? Is it in sales? In volume of work? In uniqueness of style. Or is it in what artist has given to the world after they left it that is truly important?
66) Encourage an artist each day. It could mean the difference between them giving up and succeeding with their work
67) The greatest fear an artist can have is that their work will remain lost and in the shadows for eternity
68) Only when we face that we are mortal artists can we create immortal works
69) One of the lessons to learn about making art is understanding that there are steps to create something. Do this before you do that. Learn the steps and you become an artist
70) Interest in your own legacy as an artist should concern one thing. What you are creating at that moment. The rest is up to the historians
71) A measure of a true artist is their support of other artists. There is always strength in community
72) Use your art for change
73) A right of passage for an artist is when you totally exhaust yourself over a single piece of work to the point of making yourself sick
74) I've walked on thin ice my whole life. I don't think I'd be happy with security. It would ruin my artists edge
75) You say "Art is my life" but do you live it? Do you make it not only your purpose by how your live, breath and function each day?
76) Trial by fire. If an artist can survive the lean years & the lack of notice. They are stronger and better prepared to deal with success later
77) Think in terms of a lifetime, not a year
78) You are an artist. Extend it to your marketing also. The more creative your ability to market yourself, the more successful the artist
79) Artists are gods in miniature, creating what we must for our own reasons.
80) There is no such thing as bad art. There is only an artist not creative enough to turn it into something great
81) We talk about art like its separate from us. Its not. It is us
82) Hidden behind the eyes of every creative human is a universe in which only they reside
83) "Why do we dream? Where does our mind go when it envisions things we've never seen? Are we really here at all?
84) Art changes man. Man changes art
~JUST LET GO~
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