The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.
Interpretation
Artists absorb emotions from various sources, and the real issue lies in our expectation of a problem-free experience.
This quote by Theodore Isaac Rubin emphasizes the role of the artist as a vessel that receives inspiration from diverse elements of the world. It suggests that creativity stems from embracing emotions and experiences, while also highlighting that challenges are a natural part of the artistic process and not something to be avoided or deemed problematic.
In practice
In an art class, to inspire students to embrace their struggles as part of the creative process.
I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.
Health is relative. There is no such thing as an absolute state of health or sickness. Everyone's physical, mental, and emotional condition is a combination of both.
Invest in the "process" rather than the product. Process living neutralizes the depleting and impoverishing effects of chronically living in anticipation. Even when impossible goals occasionally are reached, satisfactions derived from them are invariably disappointing unless the process has given ample satisfaction along the way.
Sometimes the routes leading to feelings of anger are so convoluted and circuitous that it takes enormous skill to discern their original source, or fountainhead. But regardless of the reason for or the source of the anger or the relative ease or complexity in perceiving either the anger or its source - everybody, but everybody, gets angry.
I try to make my music interesting to me first, then hopefully other people will find it interesting, too.
Most photographers seem to operate with a pane of glass between themselves and their subjects. They just can't get inside and know the subject.
Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbor.
I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.
It's a pity that if someone who has a really profoundly potent art to share chooses not to or doesn't fit into this very thin slice of what's desirable and marketable, chances are the public will never get a chance to hear what they're doing.
I tell you before God, and as an honest man, your son (W A Mozart)is the greatest composer known to me by person and repute, he has taste and what is more the greatest skill in composition.
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