Quotes
Quick post tonight as I cook dinner and head out the door to an artist lecture at the Denver Art Museum by Sandy Skoglund.
One of the things I love about twitter are the quotes people post on occasion. Here are a few that resonated with me today:
Failure
“People fail in direct proportion to their willingness to accept socially acceptable excuses for failure.”
Tweeted by Sandra Martini
This is so relevant to what I wrote about yesterday about not making goals because I wanted to be the free-spirited artist type. It’s socially acceptable to not get stuff done cause I’m an artist and schedules are stifling.
Well – forget that – I’m not going to fail and my art career is not going to fail cause it’s cool to just float about unrestrained by structure.
Preparation
“The will to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.” – Thane Yost
Tweeted by Jane Button
I read this and immediately equated ‘prepare’ with ’setting goals’. Some other day I might have read it differently but today it dove tails nicely with my intent to get back to structure.
Bathing
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” ~ Zig Ziglar
Tweeted byValery Satterwhite
Love this. I journal every morning and most mornings I set and intent for the day. When I can’t think of something specific it is often something along the lines of ‘live the day focused on the tasks I want to get done.’ Staying in the moment helps me stay motivated for the current task.
Bumper Sticker
My tweet for the day:
"Want to get new bumper stickers for my car – anyone have some good art ones? Any pointers to sources for art related bumper stickers?"
Didn’t get any pointers. So how about you blog readers? Do you have any art related bumper stickers on your car? What do they say?
If you don’t have one but wanted one – what might you put on it? Anyone have resources for some funny pre-made ones?
Posted by Lisa in: Being an Artist
Tagged: art career, denver art museum, Focus, goals, Intent, Motivation, structure, twitter
Lisa,
GOOGLE “bumper stickers” and you will find millions to chose from.
Connie
http://www.cafepress.com/giftbud.202102395
How about this one? Plus there are many more.
There was a popular apron in the ’90s, Tshirt too, that said, “Go to your studio and make art!” I don’t remember who made it.
well I’d like a bumper sticker for
makebigart.com
of course!
Thanks all. Janan – absolutely – I’ll be getting one that says makebigart.com.
Although I’ve looked and looked and nothing else is really speaking to me. I do like the line “go to your studio and make art” so maybe I’ll do that.