My first Macintosh was a 128k machine which I upgraded to 512k the minute it became possible. Buffy Sainte-Marie More Quotes by Buffy Sainte-Marie More Quotes From Buffy Sainte-Marie The artistic process in digital art is very much the same as for making other kinds of paintings. Buffy Sainte-Marie paintingdigitalart That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days. Buffy Sainte-Marie artist The paintings are transferred from my computer to a disk, and I can hand it to the printer this way; or I can modem the painting to the printer over the phone lines from my house in Hawaii. Buffy Sainte-Marie phoneshousehands We also have the option of scanning in an image from outside the computer... a photo, or a sketch done with traditional tools; and we can then paint, manipulate, process, change, and further develop the image within the computer, watching our progress on the monitor. Buffy Sainte-Marie manipulationprogresstools The time I save setting up and cleaning up probably balances out by the time I spend on output. Buffy Sainte-Marie outputcleaningbalance But in the old days, visual artists used to fall into two distinct categories: those of us who created images with cameras and those of us who applied stuff onto other stuff, with brushes or other tools. Buffy Sainte-Marie artisttwofall I'm not like a professional writer with professional skills. Songs kind of come into my head the same way they did when I was a kid. I say I'm an overgrown kindergarten kid. I work on songs. Buffy Sainte-Marie professionalsayworkway We allow each other so little enjoyment or even tolerance for our individualities, our uniquenesses, and yet to me, that's what it's all about. Buffy Sainte-Marie aboutmeenjoymenttolerance I see myself as having three families: my birth family, the family that raised me, and my Cree family, who I was reunited with in my late teens, so I consider myself to be lucky. Buffy Sainte-Marie myselfmelatefamily I'm so happy to be a song-writer - I'm even surprised when I get to record anything. I consider it a considerable privilege and a blessing to have a medium of expression that has a place in the world. Buffy Sainte-Marie placeblessinghappyworld I was very unhappy when I used to record and things wouldn't turn out the way I would want to, because I was being such a nice girl. I wouldn't complain when things were going wrong. Buffy Sainte-Marie nicegirlunhappyway Once an artist explores the vast variety of tools and features available on the great programs, we're hooked. Buffy Sainte-Marie oncegreattoolsartist When somebody says, 'Oh, Buffy, you're such a warrior for peace', I stop them and say, 'No, I'm not really a warrior for peace. What I promote is alternative conflict resolution'. Buffy Sainte-Marie stopyouconflictpeace The art of the three-minute song is more like journalism than writing a big 400-page book. You want to be brief, you want to make sense right yen and there. And sometimes that takes a bit of work. Buffy Sainte-Marie youworksongart
