An artist who goes around proclaiming that the art he's making is art is probably making a serious mistake. And that's one mistake I try not to make.
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The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist.
An artist is his own fault.
Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.
The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does what he does for one reason and one reason only-he can't help doing it.
If only the people around you know you're an artist, then you're doing something wrong.
A true artist is expected to be all that is noble-minded, and this is not altogether a mistake; on the other hand, however, in what a mean way are critics allowed to pounce upon us.
Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.
There's no wrong way of doing art. It's an expression of the individual.