The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.
— Robert Hughes, 1996
Dylan O'Sullivantwitter.comThe greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. — Robert Hughes, 1996
Very often audacity, not talent, makes one person an artist and another a shadow artist—hiding in the shadows, afraid to step out and expose the dream to the light, fearful that it will disintegrate to the touch.
Julia Cameron • The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Very often audacity, not talent, makes one person an artist and another a shadow artist—hiding in the shadows, afraid to step out and expose the dream to the light, fearful that it will disintegrate to the touch.
Julia Cameron • The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
Steven Pressfield • The War of Art
"every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
Oscar Wilde • The Picture of Dorian Gray
There’s nothing wrong with ‘Good job,’ because a real artist won’t be gulled or lulled into self-satisfaction by it: real artists are hard on themselves, curious to learn what they don’t know and to push themselves ahead.”