Artistic process

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Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature.

Salvador Dalí

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Topic

Mistakes Artistic process

Author

Salvador Dalí

Source

Diary of a Genius

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

Spanish

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Dali, Salvador. Journal d'un Génie [Diary of a Genius]. Gallimard, c. 1964.

The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.

Jackson Pollock

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Topic

Artistic process Creativity Painting Art

Author

Jackson Pollock

Source

Possibilities

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Pollock, Jackson. "My Painting." Possibilities, no. 1, Winter 1947-1948, p. 79.

Inspiration is for amateurs-the rest of us just show up and get to work.

Chuck Close

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Topic

Artistic process Inspiration Self-discipline Hard work Art

Speaker

Chuck Close

Source

Inside the Painter's Studio

Medium

Interview

Language

English

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Citation

Close, Chuck. Inside the Painter's Studio. Princeton Architectural Press, 2009. Originally spoken during an interview with Joe Fig, 2009.

My work is completed by the viewer.

Bridget Riley

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Topic

Artistic process Artist and audience Art

Speaker

Bridget Riley

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Riley, Bridget. "The Life of Riley." Interviewed by Jonathan Jones. Guardian, July 4, 2008, www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/jul/05/art1.

The artist must have the patience of water that eats away the rock drop by drop.

Auguste Rodin

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Topic

Artistic process Patience Art

Speaker

Auguste Rodin

Source

Rodin: The Man and His Art, with Leaves from His Notebook

Genre

Biography

Language

French

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Citation

Rodin, Auguste and S. K. Star. Rodin: The Man and His Art, with Leaves from His Notebook. Century, 1917, p. 7.

Don't get rid of negative emotion, but just use it... Like the salt in your food.

Yoko Ono

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Topic

Artistic process Negative emotions Emotions Motivation

Author

Yoko Ono

Source

Twitter

Medium

Tweet

Language

English

Time

2016 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Yoko Ono [@yokoono]. "Don't get rid of negative emotion, but just use it...like the salt in your food." Twitter, 27 Mar. 2016, 3:12 p.m., twitter.com/yokoono/status/714168108844523520.

A good collaboration produces universal thinking.

Robert Rauschenberg

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Topic

Cooperation and collaboration Artistic process Art

Speaker

Robert Rauschenberg

Source

Rauschenberg

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Rauschenberg, Robert. Quoted in Rauschenberg, by Barbara Rose. Vintage Books/Elizabeth Avedon Editions, 1987, p. 85.

I obey Nature, and never do I dare give orders to it. My only ambition is servile fidelity to it.

Auguste Rodin

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Topic

Artistic process Art

Speaker

Auguste Rodin

Source

La Revenue

Medium

Interview

Language

French

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

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Original Citation

Rodin, Auguste. Interviewed by Paul Gsell. La Revenue, 1910.

Current Citation

Rodin, Auguste. Quoted in Art: Conversations with Paul Gsell, written by Paul Gsell. University of California Press, 1984.