You don't decide to paint. It's like getting hungry and going to the kitchen to eat. It's a need, not a choice.
Interpretation
Creating art is an instinctual drive rather than a conscious decision.
In this quote, Leonora Carrington expresses the idea that the act of creating art is akin to fulfilling a basic human need, like hunger. It implies that artists are compelled to create not because they choose to, but because they must, as if it's an intrinsic part of their identity and existence.
In practice
During an art workshop, I might say, 'As Leonora Carrington once said, creating art is a need, not a choice.'
You may not believe in magic but something very strange is happening at this very moment. Your head has dissolved into thin air and I can see the rhododendrons through your stomach. It's not that you are dead or anything dramatic like that, it is simply that you are fading away and I can't even remember your name.
I didn't have time to be anybody's muse; I was too busy rebelling against my parents and learning to be an artist.
I didn't have time to be anyone's muse... I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist.
We went down into the silent garden. Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour of silence. Everything is transfixed, only the light moves.
My dear sister! Iβm amazed to discover that you can compose so delightfully. In a word, your Lied is beautiful. You must compose more often.
While the documentary community is way ahead of Hollywood, it is still nowhere near where it needs to be. Filmmakers of color rarely get hired by the powerful production companies, and they are not getting supported enough by broadcasters and funders to tell their own stories.
Out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. They're cheap and totally inefficient, and they sound like crap and are very small.
When I decided to write 'The God of Small Things', I had been working in cinema. It was almost a decision to downshift from there. I thought that 300 people would read it. But it created a platform of trust.
My wedding dress is a piece of art that I'll treasure forever. It was designed and created by Zac Posen. I gave him only the tiniest bit of direction when he started, and the end product was more beautiful than anything I could have imagined.
I enjoy wording. Words for me are tangible bodies, visible sirens, incarnate sensualities.
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