I wake up in the morning and my mind starts making sentences, and I have to get rid of them fast - talk them or write them down.
Ernest HemingwayRead
As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of personal expression in art over seeking external validation.
Ralph Bakshi suggests that true artistry lies in the interpretation of one's own feelings and experiences rather than conforming to others' opinions or expectations. This highlights the significance of individuality and authenticity in creative expression.
In practice
In an art workshop, one might use this quote to encourage participants to explore their own emotions instead of copying others.
I wake up in the morning and my mind starts making sentences, and I have to get rid of them fast - talk them or write them down.
It wasn't until I went to my first comic convention while I was in high school that I got to see actual comic book artists and original artwork in real life, up close. That was when I first realized that this is what I wanted to do for a living.
In Seattle, I soon found that my radical ideas and aesthetic explorations - ideas and explorations that in Richmond, Virginia, might have gotten me stoned to death with hush puppies - were not only accepted but occasionally applauded.
I wanted to write about looking at the world, so it's more about helping people, or persuading people, to see what is around us; both the marvellous and the terrible.
You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life
One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then it becomes something quite different.
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