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Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

August 16th, 2008

Results: Do you have a favorite art quote?

Artist: Angela Mabray
Crafty Goat store
Crafty Goat blog
Here are a few of my favorites (I couldn’t narrow it down to just one!):“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily; not to dare is to lose oneself.” - Kierkegaard
“We cannot escape fear. We can only transform it into a companion that accompanies us on all our exciting […]

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August 14th, 2008

Results: Do you have a favorite art quote?

Artist: Tony Haze
It’s not an art quote but I use it as such. It’s a Spanish saying:
“LOVE IS A FURNACE, BUT IT WILL NOT COOK THE STEW.”
When applied to art, to me it means that artistic passion is the FUEL, but I still need to actually make the art.
Tags: Art Communities, […]

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August 11th, 2008

Results: Do you have a favorite art quote?

Artist: Bunny Wilson
http://henleythegreatdane.blogspot.com/
One of my favorite quotes that I relate to art is from that great philosopher Calvin (of Calvin & Hobbs):
“From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.”
Tags: Art Communities, Mixed Media, Quotes

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August 11th, 2008

Results: Do you have a favorite art quote?

Artist: Diana B
I have a zillion quotations on art, but here are a few favorites:
Matisse once told the Hollywood film star Edward G. Robinson that the only thing that drove him to paint was the rising urge to strangle someone.
I can’t think much of a people who drew cats the same for four thousand years.
~Lord […]

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August 11th, 2008

Results: Do you have a favorite art quote?

Artist: Sigrid
http://sixfrites.wordpress.com
“God made our head round, so that our thinking can change directions….”
~Francis Picabia
Tags: Art Communities, Mixed Media, Quotes

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August 9th, 2008

Results: Do you have a favorite art quote?

Artist: Carol Henley
http://swallowcliffs.blogspot.com/
I use William Morris’ “Less is More” more than any other quote.  I am rather a minimalist in my art, so it seems to fit me.  I have to wonder, why are most artists so into “quotes?”
Tags: Art Communities, Mixed Media, Quotes

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August 9th, 2008

Results: Do you have a favorite art quote?

Artist: Eileen Bergen
The Artful Crafter
http://www.theartfulcrafter.com
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
~Scott Adams
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
~G.K. Chesterton
Tags: Art Communities, Mixed Media, Quotes

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August 8th, 2008

Results: Do you have a favorite art quote?

Artist: Ginny Greaves
http://www.virginiagreaves.com
http://www.virginiagreaves.com/blog
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
~ Pablo Picasso
Tags: Art Communities, Mixed Media, Quotes

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January 1st, 2008

New year’s resolution

Tags: Digital Art, Photography, Quotes

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November 8th, 2007

Call for entries: Life Images

A relativiely new publication by Stampington & Company, the next deadline for Life Images is December 15:
Life Images will feature the very best of your most artistic, emotionally moving, or expressive photos along with a few of your words. These photos should be of people, places and things important in your life, whether for a […]

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