"Just start. Try more things, think later. Be less precious. Make things that aren't going anywhere. Read more. Look away every now and then. Adventures and experiences outside of the studio make more interesting and relatable work."
–– Johannes Jacobus (Koos) Groenewald, South African graphic designer and illustrator
Source: House and Leisure South Africa, Autumn 2025, Digest/Studio visits, Koooooos, p. 230.
via: Sketchbook U 21, 2025, p. 9.
"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.
"Failure isn't the end. Failure is part of the process of accomplishing a task. In fact, the only time failure is truly final is if you don't use what you've learned through the experience to try again. Each attempt becomes an experiment, each failure provides valuable insight and pinpoints room for improvement, and then eventually (maybe soon, maybe not) you get it right."
–– Adam J. Kurtz, American designer, artist, speaker and author
Source: Adam J. Kurtz. You are Here *For Now. New York: TarcherPerigree, 2021; p. 69.
via 2020 Aboveground Art Supplies Knapsack Sketchbook, 2022 p. 19.
