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Melly Shum Forever
“Every city needs a monument to the problem of hating one’s job.”
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Mason Currey
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The mantra issue
Smooth as butter
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Mason Currey
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The truest thing I’ve ever read about making art
From the British painter and sculptor Maggi Hambling
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Mason Currey
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“Think today, done tomorrow”
Martin Kippenberger’s extravagant life
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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.”
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Mason Currey
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The artist Charles Ray walks to Burger King every day
“Not to eat but to think.”
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Mason Currey
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Louise Bourgeois’s daily routine
Art, orange marmalade, and mushroom pizza
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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."
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Mason Currey
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The art life has always been a struggle
Fifteenth-century artist hijinks via Vasari’s Lives
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Mason Currey
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Eva Hesse’s diaries
"I SOMETIMES WONDER WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THOSE HOURS IN A DAY."
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Mason Currey
Was Leonardo da Vinci a procrastinator?
“Men of lofty genius sometimes accomplish the most when they work the least.”
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Mason Currey
Sculptor Anne Truitt’s retreat routine
Plus: Advice on doing the hardest thing first so you can't avoid it later
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