A sense of disappointment and defeat is the essential state of mind for creative work
That is why art work is so very hard. It is a working through disappointments to greater disappointment and a growing recognition of failure to the point of defeat
‘Defeated’ is the position from which to have something to say, to rise [...]
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Agnes Martin on disappointment
30 Days of Drawing #27: le Corbusier on drawing
photo credit: Constantin Philippoff
I prefer drawing to talking.
Drawing is faster,
and leaves less room for lies
I’m not sure that I agree with le Corbusier’s view expressed in the quote above, however it certainly intrigues me, recalling as it does Agnes Martin’s statement, that
Pride and deceit are one and the same.
All of our deceit is due [...]
