The artist doesn't really think about consequences - he or she does the work, stands back and looks at and thinks, 'Hmm, that could have worked better like this.' But as a person who needs to sell tickets to do the next work, one needs to analyze how it does or does not hit its mark.
Interpretation
Artists create without overthinking the consequences, but must later evaluate their work's reception for practical reasons.
This quote by Twyla Tharp discusses the dichotomy between the creative process of an artist and the commercial aspects of their work. It highlights how artists often engage in their craft instinctively and expressively, without being preoccupied with how the audience might perceive it. However, in order to sustain their careers and continue producing art, they must also critically assess their work's effectiveness and marketability. This balance between pure creativity and the necessity for commercial success is a challenge that many artists face.
In practice
In an art class, discussing the importance of balancing creativity with the commercial aspect of art.
Do I watch dancers as people? Yes, absolutely. Do I watch really good dancers for specifically who they are? Absolutely, because how they move best and how they look best is going to be most familiar to them, and not necessarily to me.
I am still pushing the edge of what my body can do.
No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.
I grew up in a drive-in theater, from the time I was 8, working in a snack bar watching four features every week. It was silent theater in the sense that this was a drive-in, which meant that I often saw the films going with no sound. But I learned to tell stories through action.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.
A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God. An art work can be a doxology in itself.
The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness.
What happens in a fantasy can be more involving than what happens in life, and thank goodness for that.
To express a marriage of two complementary colors, their mingling and their opposition, the mysterious vibrations of kindred tones.
Photography is the easiest thing in the world if one is willing to accept pictures that are flaccid, limp, bland, banal, indiscriminately informative, and pointless. But if one insists in a photograph that is both complex and vigorous it is almost impossible
A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
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