Category: Art and Design

A Call To All Artists

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Here’s a call to action from Nietzsche:

“We, the new, the nameless, the hard-to-understand, we firstlings of a yet untried future – we require for a new end also a new means, namely, a new healthiness, stronger, sharper, tougher, bolder, …

Alfred Steiglitz – The Eloquent Eye

I’m fascinated by the artists and arts professionals who were there at those key turning points in history to define the new directions for art.

One who had profound influence on defining art in America was Alfred Steiglitz. Like Theo …

Andrea Zittel at the Whitney

Recently I attended a panel at the Whitney curated by Andrea Zittel. Andrea and her friends who live at Joshua Tree talked about their influences and experiences on building community in the context of art. Here’s what the Whitney had …

Sunday Success Quote

Some insights from exceptional people to ponder while you create this week….

I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got. ……… Walter Cronkite

Success is the child of audacity.

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2006 New Year Art Quote

A wonderful quote to start the New year!

Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it. ………… Ninon de l’Enclos

Ninon Picture S

Ninon,

Merry Christmas from AMS

A Christmas thought from Art Marketing Secrets…….

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have

Be Yourself = Artistic Success

There’s an important principle which I have noticed in business over a number of years. Its simply this: be aware of who you are attracting as clients and collectors.

For many of us, especially when we are establishing our art …

Art Quotes for The Week

This week we’ve chosen quotes from Henry Moore and Rumi, the Persian Mystic. Both speak to the core of the Artist’s calling:

There’s no retirement for an artist, it’s your way of living so there’s no end to it.

………Henry