The artist need not know very much, best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks.
Interpretation
Artists should create instinctively and authentically, without overthinking their process.
Emil Nolde emphasizes the importance of intuition and natural expression in the artistic process. Rather than being bogged down by technical knowledge or conscious thought, artists should allow their creativity to flow as naturally as their everyday actions, suggesting that true art comes from a deep, instinctive place within.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech at an art exhibition to inspire upcoming artists.
The groove is so mysterious. We're born with it and we lose it and the world seems to split apart before our eyes into stupid and cool. When we get it back, the world unifies around us, and both stupid and cool fall away. I am grateful to those who are keepers of the groove. The babies and the grandmas who hang on to it and help us remember when we forget that any kind of dancing is better than no dancing at all.
All books can be indecent books, though recent books are bolder._x000D_ _x000D_ For filth, I'm glad to say, is in the mind of the beholder._x000D_ _x000D_ When correctly viewed, everything is lewd._x000D_ _x000D_ I could tell you things about Peter Pan_x000D_ _x000D_ and the Wizard of OZ, there's a dirty old man!
Anything you are shows up in your music - jazz is whatever you are, playing yourself, being yourself, letting your thoughts come through.
My main language was music, and my teacher was nature.
Writers kid themselves-about themselves and other people. Take the talk about writing methods. Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type with your toes-it is just work.
To be a film-maker, you are almost forced to be surrounded by contradictions... You must have talents of so many different kinds - talents that are contradictory.
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