#art inc

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Downtime is creative time. You need that time to think about new ideas. [...] Daydreaming is also important time for artists. Simple things like eating well and sleeping do wonders.

Esther Pearl Watson, interview in Art Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist by Lisa Congdon

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Being an artist requires a lot of focus and time. To get more disciplined, I came up with daily practices like drawing or photographing something every day and even posting the results on the Internet for accountability. Daily practices that take only fifteen minutes, such as a sketch or a small painting, force you to make something. You have to make art every day whether you feel like it or not in order to get somewhere, especially in the beginning of your career. Maybe you will find that you make your best work when you are bored or resistant!

Lisa Solomon, interview in Art Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist by Lisa Congdon

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When you are looking in from the outside, you think being [an artist] means you get to spend all day in a studio just [making], you'll have time to explore ideas, and it's easy to focus because you have total freedom and solitude. But that's simply not true. There is so much that must be done and only a small portion of it is [making]. This means when you are [making], you need to be "on", making the most of that time. This requires three things: 1) You must care for your creative spirit so it is healthy; 2) You need to know what you don't have time for. For example, I pay someone to clean my house and studio. It's a small expense for the time it affords me; 3) You must batch your tasks.

Rebecca Rebouché, interview in Art Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist by Lisa Congdon

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........god look at that old ugly pony art.......... i gotta fix that right up