Walkingstick Quotes & Sayings

I expect art to make me scream, art to reveal soul. — Kay WalkingStick

Surface is a modernist concept. What surface does is to encourage one to see the painting as object rather than as a window on the world. — Kay WalkingStick

You went back in time," he repeated, "and you expect his cell phone to work?"
"Well, no, I just, I mean, I came back and he hasn't! Shouldn't he have?"
Morrison, very steadily, said, "Were you together?"
"No! I just said he went to fight the Morrigan!"
"I see." There was a pause. "The man is seventy-four years old, Joanie. He can take care of himself. If you were," a great and patient pause filled the line before he went on, "time traveling. If you were time traveling and got separated, then I can't think of any reason he would necessarily come back to the present at the same time you did."
"Except I was the focal point, it was my fault, it
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"Joanne. Siobhan. Siobhan Grainne MacNamarra Walkingstick."
I didn't think anybody had ever said my name like that before. I gulped down a hysterical sob and whispered, "Yeah?"
Morrison, with gentle emphasis, said, "I love you. Now pull yourself together and go find the bad guy," and hung up. — C.E. Murphy

I expect of abstraction as much as what imagery does for me ... to carry meaning. — Kay WalkingStick

Journal what you love, what you hate, what's in your head, what's important. Journaling organizes your thoughts; allows you to see things in a concrete way that otherwise you might not see. Focus on what you think you need to find in your art. — Kay WalkingStick

He rallied a little. "Who are you? What do you know about this? Disease control is our job, not yours. Who are you?"
"My name," I said, mostly uner my breath, "is Siobhan Grainne MacNamarra Walkingstick, and I'm the answer to all your prayers. — C.E. Murphy

I still believe in you, as a writer, but the only stuff we ever had in common doesn't travel very far."
"What stuff is that?" he'd asked her.
"We're completely at ease being naked in front of strangers and total fuckheads", she'd told him. Maybe that's part of what being a writer entails, Danny Baciagalupo found himself thinking on that rainy spring night in Iowa city. — John Irving

What is it you want your audience to see? Who is your audience? What does surface signify? Does it carry meaning? Do you fully understand and know what you are doing? WHY are you using encaustic? — Kay WalkingStick

Get rid of your little darlings. — Kay WalkingStick

Ya wanna be an artist? Make art! — Kay WalkingStick

Avoid methodology. If what you're doing is about technique, that's not art. — Kay WalkingStick

Art has to be incredibly layered. Symbols, signifiers ... layers that relate. Combine signifiers with more abstract notions. Push! Vary lines. — Kay WalkingStick

How many artists subscribe to the notion that creative success depends on input from the fickle muse or her modern avatar, mental illness? Probably very few. — Kathryn Harrison

Real success is making art your whole life. — Kay WalkingStick

Never miss the opportunity to keep your mouth closed. — A.G. Hayes

Don't be afraid of expressing what you really mean in your art, what you really feel. Say it visually, as strongly as you can. Push as far a reach as you can, then go all the way! — Kay WalkingStick

People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing. — Muhammad Ali

My fave routine is The Roller Coaster. First of all it's a great way to get into a card trick, without stating it's a card trick. The routine is so brilliantly structured as to at first, intrigue, psychologically unsettle and then blow away your audience. An extra bonus is that it will hopefully create a welcome respite from bloody invisible deck routines. Worth the price of the book. — Steve Valentine

I'm pretty, but I'm not beautiful. — Marilyn Monroe

When it comes to art, money is an unimportant detail. It just happens to be a huge unimportant detail. — Iggy Pop

Do you spend a couple of hours every day in your studio? — Kay WalkingStick

Art can be close to the bone, but we are not our work. Try not to identify your core ego with your art. — Kay WalkingStick

State what you actually see in someone's work first: objects/space/color/directional flow - then content. Interpret. — Kay WalkingStick

Collect stimulus, draw them. Focus, find out as much as you can. Stimulate yourself. — Kay WalkingStick

Tell the viewer something that they need to know. — Kay WalkingStick

It is important to know: 1) You are OK just the way you are. You need a strong stomach, a tough hide, and to be able to take rejection well. 2) Do your homework. Check out galleries. Don't just walk in with your work. Be as professional as you can. 3) ... there is a gallery for everybody. — Kay WalkingStick

When in doubt, make a red painting. — Kay WalkingStick

Be of good cheer, miracles do happen. — Kay WalkingStick

Encaustic gives markmaking a dimension ... additive/subtractive. — Kay WalkingStick