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The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.

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The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.

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Isadora Duncan Dancer

One of our chief needs as creative beings is support. Unfortunately, this can be hard to come by. Ideally, we would be nurtured and encourages first by our nuclear family and then by ever-widening circles of friends, teachers, well-wishers. As young artists, we need and want to be acknowledged for our attempts and efforts as well as for our achievements and triumphs. Unfortunately, many artists never receive this critical early encouragement. As a result, they may not know they are artists at all.

Julia Cameron Teacher

The one thing I'm jealous of a signature-artist situation is that if you just do one thing and slight variations on it, you wouldn't have to kill yourself to get a show done. I'm sick of killing myself.

Jim Shaw Artist

Artists are controlled by the life that beats in them, like the ocean beats on the shore.

Dorothea Lange Photographer

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Adam Shankman Film Director

I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic; there's been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn't make a definitive statement about this, but my impression is that the main impediment to progress in that regard is the number of people who are choosing to make a go of it.

Adrian Tomine Illustrator

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