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The truest thing I've ever read about making art
From the British painter and sculptor Maggi Hambling
Mason Currey
May 15
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“Think today, done tomorrow”
Martin Kippenberger’s extravagant life
Mason Currey
Sep 19, 2022
59
19
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Claes Oldenburg was always starting from scratch
“It’s terrifying to do it this way, but it’s always a great pleasure if it works.”
Mason Currey
Jul 25, 2022
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The artist Charles Ray walks to Burger King every day
“Not to eat but to think.”
Mason Currey
May 16, 2022
45
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Louise Bourgeois's daily routine
Art, orange marmalade, and mushroom pizza
Mason Currey
Oct 11, 2021
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5
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Niki de Saint Phalle’s secret jealous lover (her work)
"He is tall, elegant, and like Count Dracula wears a black cloak."
Mason Currey
Apr 19, 2021
7
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The art life has always been a struggle
Fifteenth-century artist hijinks via Vasari’s Lives
Mason Currey
Mar 15, 2021
9
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Eva Hesse's diaries
"I SOMETIMES WONDER WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THOSE HOURS IN A DAY."
Mason Currey
Jun 1, 2020
3
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Was Leonardo da Vinci a procrastinator?
"Men of lofty genius sometimes accomplish the most when they work the least.”
Mason Currey
Mar 30, 2020
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Sculptor Anne Truitt's retreat routine
Plus: Advice on doing the hardest thing first so you can't avoid it later
Mason Currey
Mar 16, 2020
2
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Judy Chicago's system for "psychic privacy"—plus, advice for a stuck writer
"So the thing is that I used to work 17 hours a day."
Mason Currey
Mar 2, 2020
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