Cecilia Dart-Thornton Quotes

Books and movies are never finished, only surrendered.

The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished.

There's that old cliche that art is never finished, only abandoned. That's the nice thing about comics. It forces you to abandon it long before maybe you're ready to let it go.

You just gotta record stuff and move on and make new material. Painters don't wait until they're in some specific gallery before they move on to the next painting.

I know how demanding the process of creation is.

Whatever it is that I thirst for in my current project tends to turn up in my following project.

Very rarely is there any confusion as to when a painting or a song is finished. You just know when it's done.

I think audiences are quite comfortable watching something coming into being.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

Being at the genesis of the creative process is definitely something I want to keep doing. It's just such a great buzz.

The ultimate point of a piece for me is that it drives the next one. Does it open new doors? That's the success of a piece.

Like all artists, I go through creative spurts.

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.

I think making art is something where you think you know, you also know you don't know and you hope - all these things are in play all the time. I think it's what makes the excitement of creativity for the artist.

When you've finished a piece of work you've had a kind of love affair with it.

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me.

The different bodies of my work end themselves when there's no more discovery to be had.

Every artiste has a process.

Even if you're not releasing songs, the act of creativity is important. That's the part I love, when you're in the moment. The rest of it I'm not particularly interested in at all.

Art is not the kind of thing where you get what you put into it all the time. So I learned to not expect anything other than the sort of joy of having a poem in front of me.

When you're not hearing my voice, I'm working on art. So if you're not hearing me, I'm working for the people and getting inspired.

I'm having fun creating what I'm creating.

Art is never finished. It is only abandoned.