Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.
For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.
Art is a kind of illness.
If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.
Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.
I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.
Art is not only about angst.
Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live.
I come from an Irish working-class background but went to a posh school, and any type of pretension was quickly mocked at home. I've always had a keen eye for pretension.