Thursday 3 August 2017

Amaze yourself first, a few words from the masters.

 "The fact that I myself, at the moment of painting, do not understand my own pictures, does not mean that these pictures have no meaning; on the contrary, their meaning is so profound, complex, coherent, and involuntary that it escapes the most simple analysis of logical intuition."- Salvador Dali

 “I can’t begin to tell you were my ideas come from,” Rouse says. “I can be doing anything — watching television, reading a book, happily playing with my daughter — a thousand things. Suddenly out of nowhere this idea arrives, usually fully formed. Then comes the pleasure of refining it over weeks, months, sometimes years. But this image has come crashing into my tiny mind, demanding to be made. That’s the starting point. And 99 times out of 100 I have a good idea of what it is I’m going to end up with because I can already clearly see it in my head.”- Dominic Rouse

“Ultimately, my hope is to amaze myself. The anticipation of discovering new possibilities becomes my greatest joy.” – Jerry Uelsmann

Above are a few quotes from Surreal artists I admire and have studied. In studying them I have found my own crazy creative road and boy what a road to travel. Jerry says it well, "my hope is to amaze myself!"

1 comment:

  1. I often visit past artist's works and find the modern masters interesting as well. By viewing and critiquing master's works allows us to try and recreate the way they do things. This in turn builds up our skills as a creator of imagery.

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