The Art Spirit
As I have stated, in the mechanical elements, prescriptions can be employed to some degree. But in the non-mechanical elements, which happens to be the overwhelming majority, prescriptions will sabotage his outcomes. For Art has no use for prescriptions. S: Art has no use for prescriptions. Are you saying that one cannot be taught Art, Master. M: I
... See moreKapil Gupta • There Is No HOW
Much artistic training enables the artist to create a vehicle that is capable of expressing something true, real, vital, essential, and magnificent, not by trying to control the circumstances, but by being clear, focused, and rigorously concentrated on the desired result (very Yang,) while, simultaneously, being open, relaxed, and free of apprehens
... See moreRobert Fritz • The Path of Least Resistance for Artists: The Structure and Spirit of the Creative Process
Leonardo da Vinci wrote, a century after Cennini: And take a note… with slight strokes in a little book that you should always carry with you… preserved with great care; for the forms, and positions of objects are so infinite that the memory is incapable of retaining them, wherefore keep these sketches as your guides and masters.
Roland Allen • The Notebook
In terms of art, if you do art, you just do it.