Quotes: Eric Booth

"Learning theorists now argue for the importance of non-productive play as a critical component of productive advancement. Play is one of the few universal ways in which we test what we know."

–– Eric Booth, American actor, teacher, and author 

Source: Eric Booth. The Everyday Work of Art. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, 1997; p. 143.

via: Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2009, p. 190. 

For the past three years, I have maintained a daily sketchbook practice. It's a durational art practice and the purpose of it is for creative self-care and to see how I and the practice develop over time. In these dedicated sketchbooks (I have now filled 13), I go through phases of collage, drawing, painting, printmaking. Each day I play. Each day I "see and respond."

Quotes: Eric Booth

"We are shaped by what we extend ourselves into; our attending and our participation inform our lives. We must be very careful with the objects and actions we present to ourselves and to our children because we are changed by them."

–– Eric Booth, American actor, teacher, and author 

Source: Eric Booth. The Everyday Work of Art. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, 1997; p. 24.

via: Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2009, p. 186.  

Quotes: Eric Booth

"Remember our etymologies: experience means almost the same as experiment, and an expert is one who is good at experiencing in a particular situation. Learning by experience is taking in the successful gleanings from standard artistic practice the improvisations between you and the real world." 

–– Eric Booth, American actor, teacher, and author 

Source: Eric Booth. The Everyday Work of Art. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, 1997; p. 152.

via: Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2007, p. 191. 

Quotes 85: Eric Booth

"Where we invest our attention, that is what we become. We want to be emerging more and more into openness and creative freedom. This means that we need to be investing unnecessarily in creating, investing in unnecessary creating." 

–– Eric Booth, American author of The Everyday Work of Art 

Source: Accidental Creative podcast, December 16, 2007

via Book of Commonplace 2000-present, p. 99 

Quotes: Eric Booth

"Where we invest our attention, that is what we become. So we need to notice our noticing and guide it into inquiries that fulfill our yearnings – things that attract, challenge, and satisfy us." 

– Eric Booth, author and actor. 

Source: Eric Booth. The Everyday Work of Art, 1997, p. 71