But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live.
Frank StellaRead
Making art is complicated because the categories are always changing. You just have to make your own art, and whatever categories it falls into will come later.
Interpretation
Creating art can be challenging due to the evolving nature of artistic categories, but artists should focus on their own creations first.
This quote by Frank Stella emphasizes the inherent complexities in the realm of art, particularly due to the ever-changing definitions and expectations surrounding artistic categories. It encourages artists to prioritize their unique creative expression over conforming to predefined labels, suggesting that classification will naturally evolve after the artwork itself is produced.
In practice
An artist could use this quote while explaining their unconventional approach in a gallery opening.
But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live.
No art is any good unless you can feel how it's put together. By and large it's the eye, the hand and if it's any good, you feel the body. Most of the best stuff seems to be a complete gesture, the totality of the artist's body; you can really lean on it.
The reality of a poem is a very ghostly one. It suggests, it suggests, it suggests again.
When you have a reputation for making not only good songs but great albums, that in itself creates added artistic pressure. But, at the end of the day, I guess that pressure is something I welcome.
Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
What musical performers bring to straight characterizations is that physical flexibility that comes with knowing your body so well. A lot of actors are terribly awkward. Terribly. And I think it's so important for them, when they're young, to work on their physical selves.
From the shadow of domes in the city of domes,_x000D_ A snowflake, a blizzard of one, weightless, entered your room_x000D_ And made its way to the arm of the chair where you, looking up_x000D_ From your book, saw it the moment it landed. That's all_x000D_ There was to it.
Drawing takes time. A line has time in it
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