I really love this quote by David Bowie.
“Never play to the gallery, I think but you never learn that until much later on but never work for other people in what you do.
Always remember that the reason you initially started working was that there was something inside yourself that if you felt you could manifest it in someway you would learn more about yourself and how you’ll co-exist with the rest of society.
I think it’s terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfil other people’s expectations. That’s when people make their worst work when they do that.”
He adds:
“The other thing I would say is that if you feel safe in the area that you are working in your not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you think you are capable of being in.
Go a little bit out of your depth and when you don’t feel like your feet are quite touching the bottom you are just about in the right place to do something exciting.”
So just how far further are you prepared to go so as to do something exciting?
