Dismiss thoughts of 'good, bad, right, wrong, success, failure' - be spontaneous. Joshua L. Goldberg More Quotes by Joshua L. Goldberg More Quotes From Joshua L. Goldberg Representational painters: place your works in a larger context. Give your work not only breadth but breath. Do not 'copy' what you see outwardly but give it 'spirit. Joshua L. Goldberg realismspiritgiving Ask yourself, 'What is obstructing my vision?' What is the difference between seeing and looking? Joshua L. Goldberg asksvisiondifferences Abstract painters: redefine your perspectives. Think in terms of the whole, not simply its parts. Joshua L. Goldberg abstractperspectivethinking Nurture doubt as a creative strategy. Joshua L. Goldberg strategycreativedoubt Seeing nothing one sees everything. Joshua L. Goldberg seeing Playful arising is authorized by both risk and trust in the process and in oneself. To be truly playful and improvisational one must not look for results. Joshua L. Goldberg riskplaylooks Painting is so close, so personal, so immediate, and so ordinary... It is the ordinary resurrections that define your painting. Joshua L. Goldberg resurrectionpaintingordinary Allow the brush to 'wander' above the realm of conventional judgement and practice. Joshua L. Goldberg paintingjudgementpractice To be the authentic is to be detached and stand aside from oneself and the work so that the working process can take on an untrammeled life of its own. Labored self-involvement, contrivance, ulterior motives, even the extraordinary facility that one may have, must be let go. Joshua L. Goldberg selfletting-gomay Identify in your work opposites of color, form, compositional arrangements, space, etc. Joshua L. Goldberg colorspaceopposites The great square has no corners and the great implement completes nothing. Joshua L. Goldberg cornersgreatnesssquares Representational painters: loosen the grip of inflexibility! Abstract painters: tighten your hold on crafting your images! In both types of painting students need to unlearn what one has acquired. Joshua L. Goldberg paintingstudentsneeds Reconcile the loss of the painting - no matter how many times it may happen - with the joy of beginning again. Joshua L. Goldberg failurelossjoy Respond to others about your work with equanimity. Joshua L. Goldberg equanimitycriticism Rapid-collage prevents any elevating movement toward a fixed goal. To 'be nowhere' is to let oneself be. Joshua L. Goldberg rapidsmovementgoal Master water first and then paint. Joshua L. Goldberg paintwaterfirsts
