The hardest part of art-making is living your life in such a way that your work gets done-over and over-and that means, among other things, finding a host of practices that are just plain useful.
Artmaking involves skills that can be learned. . . In large measure becoming an artist consists of learning to accept yourself, which makes your work… - David Bayles
Artmaking involves skills that can be learned. . . In large measure becoming an artist consists of learning to accept yourself, which makes your work…
- David Bayles
Uncertainty is the essential, inevitable and all-pervasive companion to your desire to make art - David Bayles
Uncertainty is the essential, inevitable and all-pervasive companion to your desire to make art
Tolerance for uncertainty is the prerequisite to succeeding. - David Bayles
Tolerance for uncertainty is the prerequisite to succeeding.
The lessons you are meant to learn are in your work. To see them, you need only look at the work clearly - without judgment, without need or fear, wi… - David Bayles
The lessons you are meant to learn are in your work. To see them, you need only look at the work clearly - without judgment, without need or fear, wi…
You make good work by (among other things) making lots of work that isn't very good, and gradually weeding out the parts that aren't good, the parts … - David Bayles
You make good work by (among other things) making lots of work that isn't very good, and gradually weeding out the parts that aren't good, the parts …
Talent may get someone off the starting blocks faster, but without a sense of direction or a goal to strive for, it won't count for much - David Bayles
Talent may get someone off the starting blocks faster, but without a sense of direction or a goal to strive for, it won't count for much
Art is like beginning a sentence before you know its ending. - David Bayles
Art is like beginning a sentence before you know its ending.
To all viewers but yourself, what matters is the product: the finished artwork. To you, and you alone, what matters is the process: the experiences o… - David Bayles
To all viewers but yourself, what matters is the product: the finished artwork. To you, and you alone, what matters is the process: the experiences o…
Making art now means working in the face of uncertainty; it means living with doubt and contradiction, doing something no one much cares whether you … - David Bayles
Making art now means working in the face of uncertainty; it means living with doubt and contradiction, doing something no one much cares whether you …
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