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@art-quotes
It's all been done
"The only original thing we do is screw up. You can be taught to do any craft, any art, the way it’s been done for all of history. You can repeat what all the masters did before you. You can be taught how to play all the great compositions.. perfectly. But it’s been done. I have the feeling the only thing we each can do that’s original is screw up in our own unique way."
Billy Joel 1996 (source)
"Art is the means by which we become what we want to be" -We Are The Art, Brandon Sanderson’s Keynote Speech, YouTube, 2026
Bad idea
Art forgery is the best crime tbh. It requires absolutely incredible artistic talent, technical skill, and attention to detail to make convincing fakes. Does anyone get hurt from it? No! The only people who suffer for it are the extremely wealthy who want the prestige of having original paintings in their own homes. It’s full of international intrigue and mystery. Perfect.
Also… art forgers like van Meegeren sometimes become a kind of folk hero. A swindler, sure, but a gentleman’s swindler.
I liked this guy’s story, Mark Landis, who conned several dozen museums into displaying his forgeries, but when the FBI came after him they couldn’t do anything because he had always given them away as donations. They said if they could have found that he’d ever taken anything in exchange they would have prosecuted him, but all he wanted was get to out of the house and meet people.
“The first painting Landis “donated” was a copy of a work by Maynard Dixon, an artist well-known for his paintings of cowboys and Indians. It started as impulse, Landis says, but then “everybody was just so nice and treated me with respect and deference and friendship, things I was very unused to — I mean, actually not used to at all. And I got addicted to it.”” And it looks like all his forgeries are done with cheap materials, like markers and Hobby Lobby frames.
Ok, but Wolfgang Beltracchi is probably one of the best Fraud Artists in the world.
His career brought him millions upon millions of dollars and lasted almost 40 years. He finally admitted to painting fraudulent art after the white paint he used came under scrutiny.
“ Bob Simon: What do you think this Max Ernst would be worth? Wolfgang Beltracchi: This one? Simon: Yeah. Beltracchi: $5 million, I think. Simon: $5 million. And you can do it in three days? Beltracchi: Yeah, oh yes, yes, sure, or quicker” -From a 60 minutes interview with Bob Simon
In The interview with Beltracchi, he said that none of his forgeries are copies, they’re all original works that the famous artists could have painted.
“Beltracchi estimates he has done 25 Max Ernsts. He is not copying an existing work. He’s painting something he thinks Ernst might have done if he’d had the time or felt like it.” - The Con Artist: A multi-million dollar art scam
His wife was also in on the scam, she would dress up in old clothing and take pictures holding the paintings with old cameras to fake proof of the paintings’ ages.
At the end of the interview with Wolfgang Beltracchi he was asked if he felt he had done anything wrong, his answer was “ Yeah, I used the wrong kind of paint”
Just … the levels of con there, the fake photos and … wow. That’s incredible.
That’s just rapscallionry.
“The beauty is an illusion, and also a warning: there’s a dark side to beauty, as with poisonous butterflies.”
― Margaret Atwood. Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales, 2014
“Every film is political. Most political of all are those that pretend not to be: 'entertainment' movies. They are the most political films there are because they dismiss the possibility of change. In every frame they tell you everything's fine the way it is. They are a continual advertisement for things as they are.” — Wim Wenders
“You've got to understand your limitations. It's your limitations that make you the wonderful disaster you most probably are.”
–Nick Cave
Photo by Rodney Stewart
AI Generation and Artists
A noteworthy point of view from Henry Daubrez, “Visual Storyteller and AI thief” about using AI generative tools.
Quote added to the 15 AI art tips article.
Spray technique basics explained by Belin:
“With the spray, you simultaneously use three effects: the pressure on the cap, the speed of movement, and the distance.” - Belin with Antonio García Villarán → Quotes about Graffiti and Street Art
'In my later work, the person who is navigating the space, his or her experience becomes the content. So, the whole subject-object relationship is reversed. The content is you! If you don't walk into the work and engage with it, there isn't any content. That's really what I've been dealing with ever since I saw the Velazquez painting.' (Las Meninas) - Richard Serra - Article/Interview 2008: Sean O’Hagan for The Guardian
Art Quotes About What is Art, Art History and Interpretation
Art Fairs: Art Galleries vs Artists
Artists often find it hard to get a warm welcome in galleries. Gallerists are primarily at art fairs to make money. Understandably, they might get annoyed when artists try to talk to them during these busy times. The investment for a booth is far from minor. However, to an extent, this rejection also happens in art galleries. Is it the only business where the sellers don't welcome the makers? Does the artist have a responsibility in this situation?
“At Art fairs, gallerists are nice and friendly until they realize you are an artist. Then they turn away and don’t talk to you anymore.” - José Freitas Cruz, artist, Mozambic
Source: Art fairs for individual artists
Art and Individualism?
“If buyers are going to plunk down money, good money, they want to know what they are getting, who they are getting. People don’t buy art. They buy the artist.”
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Writers (They are 3 so I don’t know who exactly wrote it): Matt Fraction, Andrew Colville, Chris Black .
Wild thoughts from a Series quote. By GregBot
“The daily routine of most adults is so heavy and artificial that we are closed off to much of the world. We have to do this in order to get our work done. I think one purpose of art is to get us out of those routines. When we hear music or poetry or stories, the world opens up again. We’re drawn in — or out — and the windows of our perception are cleansed.”
— Ursula K. Le Guin, Talking on the Water: Conversations about Nature and Creativity (Trinity University Press, October 11, 2016) (via Alive on All Channels)
“For every artist that has something worthwhile to say but lacks the technical ability to communicate his idea perfectly, there are a thousand artists with all the technique in the world and nothing to say.”
— Richard Diebenkorn (via sweetpeapath)
Art and Crises: a Dance of Contrasts.
“I have written some papers on war finance and investments in wartime. What I found for occupied France was: people were looking for discreet assets (small and easily movable items holding significant value) such as stamps or petite artworks.”
- Kim Oosterlinck Professor Université libre de Bruxelles, research on art markets and financial history. (-> more art quotes)
Artists, individualism and comfort zones
When you do something for yourself, even if you don't entirely love it, you'll still pour your heart into it, right? It's for your growth, after all.
Is this always true? Sometimes, when we're our own boss, might we cut corners or let that critical self-review slide? With an external motivator, like a client's deadline or a gallery's curation, there's a chance of getting complacent. We might bask too long in our comfort zones, needing fresh challenges.
On the flip side, self-driven projects can be gold mines of passion and authenticity. They're like personal letters to the world. We often touch others more deeply by doing something for ourselves. Plus, there's an unmatched joy in creating without external constraints - like a bird soaring high on its terms!
So, while the pull to work passionately for oneself is undeniable, always keep the fire of self-improvement burning. Because passion, without progression, might just remain... well, passion.
Have you ever done a project solely for yourself and felt its energy was different? Do you always give 100% when no one's watching? What do you think?
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Quote from Taaye: her website (From an article reviewing Superfine Art Fair, this kind of fair that skips the need for gallery representation)
