Jack Shadbolt quotes

“An artist is no bigger than the size of his mind.”
-- Jack Shadbolt

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“I have come to see that an artist is not given a form - a style - but his nature merely gives him the ingredients wherewith to shape an equation of life.”
-- Jack Shadbolt

Source : Jack Shadbolt (1968). “In search of form”

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“Drawing is an idea more than fact.”
-- Jack Shadbolt

Source : Jack Shadbolt (1968). “In search of form”

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“I am nature. Nature is me. What I create is what I must create. That I create it is fundamental. I am both anonymous and very precious since I belong to all growth which is life. Therefore I must grow well. What I shape I must shape well.”
-- Jack Shadbolt

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“I always feel I'm getting near to something that's got more to it than I can get hold of.”
-- Jack Shadbolt

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“Whatever I think of, I dismember.”
-- Jack Shadbolt

Source : Scott Watson, Jack Shadbolt (1990). “Jack Shadbolt”

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“After a point of time, when you get success and fame, money and everything, the purpose of life has to be redefined. For me, I think that purpose is to build bridges. Artists can do that very easily, more than politicians.”

“An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.”

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“An artist who dedicates his life to art, burdens his art with his life, and his life with his art.”

Source : Ad Reinhardt, Barbara Rose (1991). “Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt”, p.54, Univ of California Press

“We all name ourselves. We call ourselves artists. Nobody asks us. Nobody says you are or you aren't.”

“Attachment to the Divine leads to detachment from the mind. This leads to the realization that the nature of the Seer and the Divine are the same.”

“Are you really angry, or simply aware of anger in the body and mind? Don't speculate, simply look at what is there.”

Source : A. H. Almaas (2000). “Diamond Heart: Book Three: Being and the Meaning of Life”, p.25, Shambhala Publications

“And unlike the rest of you, he hasn’t yet time to ruin his career or his mind." "Then he won’t do. Send him home. Get us another lunatic." "Excuse me!" [hopping up to stand in his seat] "Elassar Targon, master of the universe, reporting for duty!" "I withdraw my objection.”

“You really expose yourself when you try and go to up the volume and up the size of your performance.”

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“I was thrilled when a designer shop assistant said I was a size smaller than Madonna!”

“There are a lot of doubts over the size and effect of new competitors in the cellular sector.”