[TheForge] New Quote
Gladish Family
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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.