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Thought for Thursday

“I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.” ~Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way

Author Dora Sislian ThemelisPosted on March 22, 2012Categories Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way, Thought2 Comments on Thought for Thursday

Thought for Thursday

“Art is the perfection of nature and life through the artist, who has supreme control of technique and is thereby liberated from it.” ~ Bruce Lee

Author Dora Sislian ThemelisPosted on March 15, 2012Categories Art, Bruce Lee, Thought1 Comment on Thought for Thursday

Thought for Thursday

“Creativity is like electricity: throw the switch, and it is there.” ~Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way

Author Dora Sislian ThemelisPosted on March 8, 2012Categories Artist's Way, Julia Cameron, ThoughtLeave a comment on Thought for Thursday

Thought for Thursday

“When painting I am walking a tightrope. I might slip off at any moment. Sometimes, when I am brave, I can hop along the rope or even somersault. These are the moments when I paint not from the visual world but from somewhere inside me.” Emily Patrick

Author Dora Sislian ThemelisPosted on March 1, 2012Categories Art, brave, Emily Patrick, painting, ThoughtLeave a comment on Thought for Thursday

Thought for Thursday

“People say, ‘I love your work, it’s so detailed.’ But that’s like saying, ‘I love your sweater, it has lots of stitches.'” Robert Bateman

Author Dora Sislian ThemelisPosted on February 16, 2012Categories Art, Robert Bateman, ThoughtLeave a comment on Thought for Thursday

Thought for Thursday

“You should keep on painting no matter how difficult it is…..unless it kills you, and then you know you have gone too far.” Alice Neel

Author Dora Sislian ThemelisPosted on February 9, 2012Categories Alice Neel, painting, Resistance, ThoughtLeave a comment on Thought for Thursday

Thought for Thursday

“Talent is so loaded a word, so full to the brim with meanings, that an artist might be wise to forget about it altogether and just keep on working.” –- Eric Maisel, creativity coach

Author Dora Sislian ThemelisPosted on February 2, 2012Categories Eric Maisel, ThoughtLeave a comment on Thought for Thursday

Thought for Thursday, on Friday Because I Forgot What Day it Was

“When I’m painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing. It’s only after a get acquainted period that I see what I’ve been about.”~ Jackson Pollack

Author Dora Sislian ThemelisPosted on January 6, 2012Categories Jackson Pollack, painting, ThoughtLeave a comment on Thought for Thursday, on Friday Because I Forgot What Day it Was

Thought for Thursday

“Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite — getting something down.” – Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way

Author Dora Sislian ThemelisPosted on November 10, 2011Categories Art, creativity, Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way, Thought2 Comments on Thought for Thursday

Thought for Thursday

“It took me forty years to find out that painting is not sculpture.” ~ Paul Cezanne, artist

Author Dora Sislian ThemelisPosted on November 3, 2011Categories Art, painting, Paul Cezanne, Thought2 Comments on Thought for Thursday

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