EMOTION and ART Quotes

“When we speak of the left-brained masculine mode, or the right-brained feminine mode, it’s helpful to keep in mind that we are not referring to gender types, but to archetypal principles and energetic forces within us all. Both sexes possess male and female psychological qualities, and as we get to know ourselves better, we understand that to be true to ourselves, to be well-rounded, and to grow as a person, it is important to acknowledge, cultivate, and find a balance for opposite-sex psychological characteristics as well as same-sex qualities.”
― John Ruskan, EMOTION and ART: Mastering the Artist's Path

“Art takes place in the present. After we have learned the tools of our trade, whether it’s the chords, the steps, the brush technique, or how to deliver lines, we allow those tools to be shaped by the present, by our experience of the present, in the present, particularly allowing for the inclusion of feeling.”
― John Ruskan, EMOTION and ART: Mastering the Artist's Path

“Art occurs when feeling is portrayed in the material universe.”
― John Ruskan, EMOTION and ART: Mastering the Artist's Path