“Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.” – Mason Cooley
“Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.” – Mason Cooley
“Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.” – Mason Cooley
“Creativity itself doesn’t care at all about results – the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens next happen, without fussing too much about it. Work like a monk, or a mule, or some other representative metaphor for diligence. Love the work. Destiny will do what it wants with you, regardless.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
“The precise role of the artist, then, is to illuminate that darkness, blaze roads through that vast forest, so that we will not, in all our doing, lose sight of its purpose, which is, after all, to make the world a more human dwelling place.” – James Baldwin
“True alchemy lies in this formula: ‘Your memory and your senses are but the nourishment of your creative impulse.’” – Arthur Rimbaud