Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Quotes

We need to give artists a lot of free room to create.

If we pretend to respect the artist at all we must allow him his freedom of choice , in the face, in particular cases, of innumerable presumptions that the choice will not fructify.

There's such a freedom about being an artist... You're not accountable - you're this renegade thing.

I always feel when you work with an artist and whenever I work with a really good photographer, I try to give him or her their own artistic freedom because that's the way you get the best work or at least the most interesting work.

I practice the artist's golden rule. I wouldn't want somebody telling me how to finish my painting, I'm not going to tell him how to finish his movie or how to shape his movie.

I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create.

One of the worst things that can happen to an artist is to perceive himself as the owner of his art, and art as his tool. A product of the marketplace sensibility, this attitude barely differs on a psychological plane from the patron's view of the artist as a paid employee.

I love this freedom that has been given to me as an artist to express myself.

As an artist, you have the job of working out whatever is given you to work out.

When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens.

Painting isn't a question of sensibility; it's a matter of seizing the power, taking over from nature, not expecting her to supply you with information and good advice.

A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it.

I have been in situations where actors are treated like robots: say the lines, say it like this, we don't have time for conversations. That is a terrible position to be in as an artist. You feel used.

I'm more relaxed about how the editing process will create a performance and that, in a way, gives me a sense of freedom.

An artist must not feel under any constraint.

I don't think music can be held. I don't think artists can be put into boxes or places. It's all about creating and making the best music you can.

all creative writers need a certain amount of time when they're creating something where nobody should criticize them at all - at all. Even if the criticism is valid or good, they should just shut up, and let that person create. Because at a certain point you have to make it your own - not the world's, but your own.

Artists are all giving so much of ourselves to the work and the people and the press and the media and Twitter and all that now. For me, being able to create from a genuine place is really difficult lately because there's so much going on all the time, but when all that stuff gets quiet, you can explore your ideas without any ego or mental chatter.

When an artist explains what he is doing, he usually has to do one of two things: either scrap what he has explained, or make his work fit in with the explanation.

I just make what I'm making, and then one day I won't want to make it anymore. I think that's a luxury we should be able to have as people, especially as artists.

I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.

Allow the artist to finish the piece of work before you critique it.

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.

It's impossible to control the reception of your work - the only thing you can control is the experience of writing itself, and the work you create.