I know that I would find the article hilarious. If our definition of success is horrific—like, say, world domination and slaughtering millions—then working harder , setting and achieving goals , and disciplining our minds all become a bad thing. He went from being a broke, failed artist, to commandeering an entire country and the most powerful military in the world in a matter of two decades. He mobilized and inspired millions.
I’m a MOTHA+FUCK+EN ART-ist: Art Talk with Arnold Butler — Poletry in Motion
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If we talked about things in proportion to their danger, we'd talk a lot more about nuclear weapons. We'd be talking about them so much, in fact, it would be impossible to eat, sleep, or screw without feeling them tug at the back of our minds. We'd debate arms treaties over breakfast, suffer dream visitations by mushroom clouds, and invent new types of benzodiazepines just to manage our nuclear anxiety.
I always felt something deeper than what my language abilities at the time could articulate. I always felt that I could show one how I feel better than telling them so ART became a constant companion for me at a very early age. Honestly, I have many influences, but the root of my creative expression belongs to my father. He never taught me the mechanics of painting, however, he provided me the framework and disposition I possess currently as an ARTist.