In Japanese art , a belt toggle, often carved ivory or wood, and in the form of an animal or animals, used to secure a purse or small container suspended on a silk cord from the sash of a kimono. Also see bibelot and sculpture . Neutral colors include blacks, whites, grays and browns. A hue can be neutralized by adding some of its complement to it. What moves men of genius, or rather what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.
Nothing is repeated, and nothing is unparalleled.
Journal , 1867. For me art shouldn't be a fixed idea that I have before I start making it. I want it to include all the fragility and doubt that I go through the day with. Sometimes I'll take a walk just to forget whatever good idea I had that day because I like to go into the studio not having any ideas. I want the insecurity of not knowing, like performers feel before a performance.