Learning a new thing is a shortcut to joy and informs your area of mastery. Sara Genn More Quotes by Sara Genn More Quotes From Sara Genn Having a favourite colour is like having a favourite lung. Sara Genn lungs favourite colour Having a favorite color is like having a favorite lung. Sara Genn favorite-color design color Half of the pleasure of painting and feeling the joy of the creative act is sharing it with others and the feeling of connection. It could just be the colour. But it is something that someone other than you has seen and felt. It is momentous. It is magic. Sara Genn creative feelings joy To return to awareness is to notice this new world with baby-eyes, and to appreciate her strangeness. Sara Genn appreciate eye baby There's a saying that goes, 'The universe gives you a whisper, then a nudge, then a push and then an anvil on your head. Sara Genn nudge anvils giving Play is your route to mastery. Sara Genn routes mastery play Read in order to write, but paint in order to paint. Sara Genn painting writing order Scientists tracking mirror neurons noticed that a monkey will get excited not just when holding a banana, but also when seeing someone else holding a banana. Sara Genn neurons monkeys mirrors Art is sometimes likened to a mirror... an expression of universal human truth, executed with a degree of skill. Sara Genn mirrors expression art Learn from the greats, and expose yourself to better work. Sara Genn masters In the art game we do our own cooking. Sara Genn cooking games art You are responsible for understanding your limitations. Sara Genn limitation responsible understanding Joy is my energy and energy is my powerhouse. Sara Genn energy joy Making strides in areas unencumbered by hard-won expectation feels effervescent. By switching into child-mode, shuffling the cortex, we remember our innocence, when we knew less. These are the essentials of continued aesthetic discovery. Sara Genn expectations discovery children I'll put into words my experience as it is unfolding now in my life... in such a way that I might find comfort in knowing that someone else has the same thoughts and experiences. Sara Genn knowing comfort might Painters tend to ignore the challenges and thrills that sculptors enjoy daily - volume... like the perfect, imperfect voluminous oval of the egg. Sara Genn eggs challenges perfect Once you sophisticate the in-betweens, your blacks and whites can take their solos and shine. Sara Genn values solo shining Value choices are intuitive... It's fun to see how much you can get without leaning on contrast. Sara Genn contrast choices fun Does an artist truly need to understand her times in order to create? I'm not sure. We're all sitting in a context. It's a market. Sara Genn understanding artist order Going beyond one's backyard grants one perspective. Sara Genn backyards perspective travel
