M Ross Perkins

“Artists interested in becoming famous in our society should know that it is not they who will become famous, but another version of themselves with the same name, and that other version will eventually take over and perhaps, one day, kill the true artist within them.”
― Albert Camus, Create Dangerously

“Artists, like everyone else, must take up their oars without dying, if possible.”
― Albert Camus, Create Dangerously

“To paint a still life, a painter and an apple must confront and adjust to each other.”
― Albert Camus, Create Dangerously

“Whatever the great works of art of the future might be, they will all contain the same secret, forged by courage and freedom, nourished by the daring of thousands of artists from every century and every nation. Yes, when modern tyrannies point out that artists, even when confined to their profession, are the public enemy, they are right. But they also pay homage, through the artist, to an image of humankind that nothing, up until now, has had the power to destroy.”
― Albert Camus, Create Dangerously