I don’t believe that you can put content into art. The content is in yourself.
BEVERLY PEPPEROther than that, I think living on the edge is what drives my work and me beyond a certain point.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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