“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.” -Picasso
“We think, ‘I’m good because I obey this commandment, because I do this kind of work, or because I belong to this group.’ That’s the calculus the ego understands. The human psyche, all organizations, and governments need this kind of common-sense structure at some level. But that game has to fall apart, or it will kill us.” -Richard Rohr
Rules are great. At their core, they should help us. Serve us all in the game of life.
When it comes to your art though, while you should absolutely know the rules, study them, and learn everything you can about technique…
…At some point, you must have the courage to drop the rules and be guided by your own intuition and subconscious.
For that’s how the truly great, the sublime, the memorable art gets made.
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