The artist lives with anxiety. When you finally reach a plateau of achievement, there comes a new anxiety – the hunger to push on still further. That angst is what makes you go forward.
BEVERLY PEPPERI don’t believe that you can put content into art. The content is in yourself.
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I don’t believe that you can put content into art. The content is in yourself.
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In the end, I feel that one has to have a bit of neurosis to go on being an artist. A balanced human seldom produces art. It’s that imbalance which impels us. I often think that all I want to do now is to avoid suicide, accidental or otherwise.
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I realized… that the artist is always alone. Early in life I had thought I needed other people to confirm or approve what I was doing.
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Other than that, I think living on the edge is what drives my work and me beyond a certain point.
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In the end, I feel that one has to have a bit of neurosis to go on being an artist. A balanced human seldom produces art. It’s that imbalance which impels us… The artist lives with anxiety.
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