As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab.
Kendrick LamarRead
What is it that an artist does when he is left alone in his studio? My conclusion was that if I was an artist and I was in the studio, then everything I was doing in the studio should be art . . . . From that point on, art became more of an activity and less of a product.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes that art is more about the process and experience of creating rather than just the finished work.
Bruce Nauman suggests that the essence of being an artist lies not in producing end products but in the act of creation itself. This perspective shifts the focus from the final artwork to the ongoing, immersive activity of making art, thus redefining the nature of creativity and expression.
In practice
During a lecture on creativity, you might use this quote to highlight the importance of the creative process.
As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab.
I try with my pictures to raise a question, to provoke a debate, so that we can discuss problems together and come up with solutions.
The history of my life is the history of the struggle between an overwhelming urge to write and a combination of circumstances bent on keeping me from it.
The basis for poetry and scientific discovery is the ability to comprehend the unlike in the like and the like in the unlike.
The journey homewards. Coming home. That's what it's all about. The journey to the coming of the Kingdom. That's probably the chief difference between the Christian and the secular artist--the purpose of the work, be it story or music or painting, is to further the coming of the kingdom, to make us aware of our status as children of God, and to turn our feet toward home.
There's no getting around it: Writing is hard, while working with young performers is nearly always a joy.
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