quotes about Folk Art

“A turtle does come in it's own bowl”

“The point of my work is to show that culture and education aren't simply hobbies or minor influences.”

“Sometimes it is hard because my schedule is crazy. I am homeschooled, so my school travels with me.”

Source : Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

“Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.”

“For pleasure is a state of soul, and to each man that which he is said to be a lover of is pleasant.”

“The more intellectual you are, the more egoistic you are, and surrendering becomes more difficult.”

“Only the dead know Brooklyn.”

“Most inspiration still comes from bicycling around San Francisco. This city never fails to inspire me. It is one of the most vibrant cities - especially visually - with a constant influx of young energy arriving daily. I love it.”

Source : "'It Is Ultimately About Freedom': Barry McGee on His Prism Gallery Show and Berkeley Museum Retrospective". ARTINFO Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 26, 2012.

“Emotional, physical, and spiritual estrangement and ontological and religious doubt inform my personality, my thoughts, and my characters, which are, more often than not, masks for my own being and my being in the world - a world that frightens me insofar as I don't understand it.”

“A good Judoka never anticipates his action in a match, but his mind is as clever as a polished mirror which enables him to foresee precisely anything to happen and he displays freedom of his physique to cope with any change. Such mental state and physical action are called sei or tranquility and do or action, sometimes they are called ju and go or tenderness and sturdiness, in and yo or negative and positive, etc.”

Source : "The Canon of Judo". Book by Kyuzo Mifune, 1956.