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Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite -- getting something down.

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Artists and intellectuals are not he same animal. This causes a great deal of confusion. Our schools teach educate us intellectually but not artistica...more

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Art is an act of the soul, not the intellect. When we are dealing with people's dreams - their visions, really - we are in the realm of the sacred. We...more

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Art used to be made in the name of faith. We made cathedrals, we made stained-glass windows, we made murals.

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The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all.

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Art is not about thinking something up. It is about the opposite—getting something down.

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Timid young artists, adding parental fears to their own, often give up their sunny dreams of artistic careers, settling into the twilight world of cou...more

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Serious art is born from serious play.