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An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it.

You know, for a long time I have been of the opinion that artists don't necessarily know what they're doing. You don't necessarily know what kind of universal concept you're tapping into.

Artists instinctively want to reflect humanity, their own and each other's, in all its intermittent virtue and vitality, frailty and fallibility.

The artist is an interpreter of Nature. People learn to love Nature through pictures. To the artist, nothing is in vain; nothing beneath his notice. If he is great enough, he will exalt every subject which he treats.

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

I think each artist lives with purpose. A strong sense of purpose. We know who's come before us.

Sometimes as an artist you get wrapped up in what you are doing and you can't be objective.

As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist.

An artist or a creative person of any kind goes about their work because it's their path, it's what excites them, it's what aligns their soul with who they truly are, who they showed up to be.

We don't know why we should be artists, but we have many reasons why we can't be.