The way a person reacts to you is more an indication of who they are than who you are.

Art is useless because.... http://bit.ly/67yq3q --via @TamahomeJenkins

“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.” -George Orwell. Thanks to Steven Durham for this quote, via Everything is History Lite: http://eih.posterous.com/

People are so desperate for answers that they're willing to settle for the wrong ones. -- Kristin Eaves

"Remember, to get a good photograph, you have to make it a hassle." 

- Casey Kostick

You know what they say about humor. It usually means something's true. - J. Burrell

If you aren't doing art because you say 'nobody supported me,' then you only lack 95% of what it takes to be an artist. - R. Rivers.

There was a time when I felt like I understood a lot of things. I had an opinion on everything. But right now, at this time in my life, I don't know anything. That's what this new work is about. It could be nothing. It could be everything I have ever known. But I can assure you - I am absolutely certain - that it's more than just marks on canvas. 

- C. Poindexter, artist and professor, discussing her current work.

The most important question is 'why?' We demand answers from other people, but rarely from ourselves. When we do ask "why?" of our own thoughts or behaviors, we tend to answer dishonestly. Or we don't answer fully. Why do we fear understanding ourselves? Why do we roll our eyes at children who ask a constant string of 'why's'? Why wouldn't we try to answer them instead of repeating 'just because'? Maybe they are just trying to get to the bottom of things. Why would we try to break their habit so young?

"If you're an artist, you should be able to have some concept of heaven."

 

-W. Gaudnek, artist, professor