The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place; from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Artists gather emotions and stimuli from everywhere to transform into their work.
- In plain terms
- Artists collect feelings and sights from all around them to use in art.
- What can you take from it?
- Be open to inspiration from all sources in your environment.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where do you find your inspiration?
- How do you process external emotions?
Another view
Some artists work from internal imagination rather than external input.
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