CREDO OF AN ARTIST:
5/28/13
WITH THE LANGUAGE OF SYMBOLISM, AN ARTIST AQUIRES HIS INTENT.
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I WILL BREAK THE RULES & MANIFEST MY OWN,
AND THEN I WILL BREAK THOSE, TOO.
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ART IS ANARCHICAL BY NATURE, AND SO TOO, IS THE ARTIST BY NATURE.
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A SUBLIMINAL IS THE GRENADE AND AN ACCENT IS THE PIN.
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ART AND GOD GO HAND IN HAND, BE IT THE RIGHT OR LEFT.
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RESOLVE TO DESTROY YOUR WORK IF IT DOESN’T RESOLVE.
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PLAY WITH KNOWLEDGE AND DISPLAY IT PLAYFULLY.
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DREAMS ARE ART, AND SO, IT IS EMBEDDED IN ALL.
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TO WRITE A NOVEL IS TO PAINT A PAINTING, TO WRITE A MYTHOLOGY IS TO CREATE A SONG.
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LIKE PAINTS, A WRITER MUST BLEND & EXTRACT.
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A SCHIZOPHRENIC MIND THAT IS CONTROLLED & USED IS THE BEST TOOL OF SURPRISE, AND TO SURPRISE IS THE BEST TOOL.
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THERE IS NO HESITATION IN DESTROYING WORK IF ONE IS HESITANT ABOUT ONE’S WORK.
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TO DESTRUCT IS ARTISTIC, TOO.
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MUCH OF THE ART-PIECE LIES IN THE INVISIBLE INTENTION OF THE ARTIST.
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ANYTHING CAN BE MADE ART SO LONG AS THE THOUGHT IS WELL-STRUNG.
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THERE IS NO FENCE AROUND THE ARTIST’S HEART, JUST MANY DOORS THAT ARE OPEN.
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NO WORK IS EVER FINISHED.
NO FINISHED WORK IS FOREVER.
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ANOTHER’S INTERPRETATION IS AN EVOLUTION TO THE PIECE.
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THE PEACOCK, THE SNOW LEOPARD, THE BUTTERFLY & THE ROACH ARE ALL ART-PIECES BY THE MASTER-CREATOR WHO IS THE MASTER-ARTIST.
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ART CHANGES THE WORLD BECAUSE ART IS THE WORLD.
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MALEVOLENT ART WILL MAKE A SOCIETY MALEVOLENT,
ENLIGHTENING ART WILL MAKE A SOCIETY ENLIGHTENED,
DUMB ART HAS TURNED A SOCIETY DUMB.
BEHOLD, THE POWER OF ART.
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HEARKEN TO MOTHER NATURE FOR ART.
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ART IS A REALM OF MANY TOOLS FOR THE EXPRESSION OF THAT REALM.
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TO EXPRESS THE LANGUAGE-LESS IS THE SEEKING OF A TRUE ARTIST.
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THE ARTIST WHO LIVES BY THE PRINCIPLES OF ART IN ALL LIFE, AND NOT ONLY BY ONE’S WORKS, HAS FOUND ONE’S OWN RELIGION.
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A GOOD HAND THAT PAINTS WELL MAKES NOT AN ARTIST, BUT A GOOD PAINTER.
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ONE SHOULD MAKE UN-POPPABLE WORDS POP, LIKE A TINY ACCENT THAT DEFINES THE POWER OF A LARGE PAINTING.
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THERE IS NOT ONE THING THAT CANNOT BE DONE ARTISTICALLY.
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DO ALL THINGS WITH THE SPIRIT OF ART, AND LIFE TURNS INTO PLAY.
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THE ARTIST DANCES TO THE MUSIC OF LIFE, WHILST THE DEAF DRAG THEIR FEET.
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I WILL EXPRESS THE UN-SENSABLE, AND CREATE A NEW SENSE, UNDEFINED BY THESE 5 SENSES.
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LET THE ONE WHO BECOMES A MYSTIC BECOME AN ARTIST-WRITER.
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ALL RELIGION IS MYTHOLOGY.
ALL RELIGION IS ART TOLD BY ARTISTS.
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THERE IS ART IN THE REFLECTION OF A DROPLET,
THERE IS ART IN A DROPLET DROPPING INTO A POND,
AND FOR FAR, THAT RIPPLE TRAVELS.
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THE ARTIST’S SKILLS ARE NOT DIVINE.
THE ARTIST IS DIVINE.
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TO TURN SUBTLETY, LOUD, AND MAKE LOUDNESS, SUBTLE,
IS A PLEASURABLE TOOL OF THE ARTIST.
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FLEX THE MIND TO FLEX YOUR SKILL ARTISTICALLY.
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NO MATTER IF THE ART IS GOOD OR EVIL, TIS ALL A CREATION BY THE DEITY.
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AN ARTISTIC MIND NEVER HALTS IMAGINING, AND AN IMAGINING MIND NEVER HALTS LEARNING.
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LIKE A GOLDEN CHARIOT WITH WINGS, TRUTH IN ART DELIVERS.
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-Jack O’Lantern