Joshua L. Goldberg Born : January 6, 1896 Died : December 24, 1994 Browse All Authors Top 17 quotes by Joshua L. Goldberg Representational painters: place your works in a larger context. Give your work not only breadth but breath. Do not 'copy' what you see outwardly but give it 'spirit. Joshua L. Goldberg realism spirit giving Ask yourself, 'What is obstructing my vision?' What is the difference between seeing and looking? Joshua L. Goldberg asks vision differences Abstract painters: redefine your perspectives. Think in terms of the whole, not simply its parts. Joshua L. Goldberg abstract perspective thinking Nurture doubt as a creative strategy. Joshua L. Goldberg strategy creative doubt Dismiss thoughts of 'good, bad, right, wrong, success, failure' - be spontaneous. Joshua L. Goldberg success-failure spontaneous spontaneity Seeing nothing one sees everything. Joshua L. Goldberg seeing Playful arising is authorized by both risk and trust in the process and in oneself. To be truly playful and improvisational one must not look for results. Joshua L. Goldberg risk play looks Painting is so close, so personal, so immediate, and so ordinary... It is the ordinary resurrections that define your painting. Joshua L. Goldberg resurrection painting ordinary Allow the brush to 'wander' above the realm of conventional judgement and practice. Joshua L. Goldberg painting judgement practice To be the authentic is to be detached and stand aside from oneself and the work so that the working process can take on an untrammeled life of its own. Labored self-involvement, contrivance, ulterior motives, even the extraordinary facility that one may have, must be let go. Joshua L. Goldberg self letting-go may Identify in your work opposites of color, form, compositional arrangements, space, etc. Joshua L. Goldberg color space opposites The great square has no corners and the great implement completes nothing. Joshua L. Goldberg corners greatness squares Representational painters: loosen the grip of inflexibility! Abstract painters: tighten your hold on crafting your images! In both types of painting students need to unlearn what one has acquired. Joshua L. Goldberg painting students needs Reconcile the loss of the painting - no matter how many times it may happen - with the joy of beginning again. Joshua L. Goldberg failure loss joy Respond to others about your work with equanimity. Joshua L. Goldberg equanimity criticism Rapid-collage prevents any elevating movement toward a fixed goal. To 'be nowhere' is to let oneself be. Joshua L. Goldberg rapids movement goal Master water first and then paint. Joshua L. Goldberg paint water firsts
