An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.
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I think any artist is a perfectionist by their nature.
I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.
An artist is his own fault.
The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.
Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It... keeps us honest.
An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.
The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does.
We don't really want to think that the artist is only very skilled, that he has merely devoted his life to perfecting a certain set of intelligible skills.
The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself.
An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.
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