I think it’s terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfil other people’s expectations.
I think they produce their worst work when they do that.
The other thing I would say is that if you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working...
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When I was first introduced to art school, everybody was 20, 22, and 25 years old.
Many of them had graduated from college. So there I was, and I was about half their height.
And I looked at these guys and I thought… “I can’t compete with these...
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Epicurus was an Ancient Greek philosopher that spent his life studying the concept of happiness. He asks the age old question, what really makes us happy? The consumerism driven world we live in now would say, oh that’s easy! Money, fame,...
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I would love to believe; that when I die I will live again.
That some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue.
But as much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an...
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When we think of an operatic masterpiece by the legendary band Queen, we naturally think of Bohemian Rhapsody, it’s easily their most popular song by a long shot. But there’s another breathtaking and frankly underrated song by them that has...
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It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped.
Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice…
He sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
And...
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For years I dreamed of having the sort of massive oak slab that would dominate a room.
No more child’s desk in a trailer laundry-closet, no more cramped kneehole in a rented house.
In 1981 I got the one I wanted and placed it in the middle of a...
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"The cracked mind lets in light the whole mind cannot see." - R.D. Laing
A beautiful dream-like landscape with evocative swirling stars and galaxies, “Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most famous paintings that ever existed. Even...
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Adapted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948, the Universal Declaration states basic rights and fundamental freedoms to which all human beings are entitled.
We are all born free and equal.
Everyone is entitled to these rights,...
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Life is a game with a glorious prize, only if we can play it right.
It is give and take, build and break, and often it ends in a fight.
But he surely wins who honestly tries, regardless of wealth and fame.
He can never despair who plays it fair....
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