[TheForge] New Quote

Gladish Family [email protected]
Thu Jun 13 14:38:00 2002


> > > "No work of art is ever finished, it is only abandoned."
> > >                                  Author Unknown
> >
> > Or, "Every artist needs to have two voices speaking to him: one
> that tells
> > him to create, one that tells him when to stop."
>
> 	This one I can identify with.  I admit I don't get the whole
> 	"abandoned" thing.  There is a profound and radical difference
> 	between finishing a work and abandoning one.  I have done both
> 	and I can say from my experience that the two are not even
> 	remotely related.  Also, who is to say when a piece is finished,
> 	other than the artist creating it?
>
A "FAMOUS ARTIST" (who I greatly admire) told me the other day that the most
important quality a sculptor can have is endurance.