“In general fears about yourself prevent you from doing your best work, while fears about your reception by others prevent you from doing your own work"
This quote is significant to me because I always find myself worrying about the final outcome of my work. I get this perfect image in my head about the final product and my work never ends up looking how I wanted it to. My fears when doing artwork is, after all the hard work and patience, my piece will not please anyone. But from this quote, the message is, don’t worry about your audience and create something that is meaningful to you. Creating art is something I mainly do as a hobbie or for fun, and whatever style I choose to have is the style that I should be satisfied and happy with.
"If you think good work is somehow synonymous with perfect work, you are headed for big trouble"
By sometimes being a perfectionist, this quote pertains to some of my troubles. The perfect picture that I create in my head is never going to end up what I had planned. My final piece will be unique in it’s own way, but in order to get past the perfection part, I need to realize that there isn’t necessarily such a thing as perfect work. If I get hung up on having perfection, I will not be focusing on what I want to create, but what’s going to look perfect, which will drag away from my own ideas.
“At some point the need for acceptance may well collide head-on with the need to do your own work.”
This quote I feel goes in hand with the other quotes I picked. The biggest factor for me to move past when creating art is, acceptance and perfection. If I can move past the image in my head and experiment and have fun while working, I think I can surprisingly come up with a better outcome. I need to make artwork for me, and remember that it’s something I love to do for relaxation and fun, not stress and frustration.
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