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donotdestroy:

“You have to be objective about money to use it fairly. It doesn’t make you any better or any more useful than any other person. Even if you use your money to help people…that doesn’t make you better than somebody who has no money but is sympathetic and genuinely loving to fellow human beings.”

― Keith Haring/ Keith Haring Journals

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donotdestroy:

“I have come this far through all the pain, not because of weakness, but because of the strength I have. You should thank Christ for making me who I am, because I am who you need. I am the one who can save you! You may believe you are a hero, but the real hero is me.”

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donotdestroy:

“You really need faith in yourself to make art and to stand up for what you believe in.”

— Elizabeth Peyton

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donotdestroy:

“And the big daddy that I learned from all this: I actually CAN’T paint like other artists, and nor do I want to. That’s the best thing this exercise has taught me over the years; it’s fun to experiment, to try out what other artists are doing, but if I only ever did that I’d be unfulfilled and dissatisfied. I’d be surrounded by a vegetarian buffet and craving steak.”

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donotdestroy:

“You really need faith in yourself to make art and to stand up for what you believe in.”

— Elizabeth Peyton

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donotdestroy:

“The male ego can in some cases be tied to how and where a man sees his place in the world and whether he’s living up to expectations — his and those of society.

Cultural stereotypes for men can be intricately tied to both the inflation and deflation of the male ego. Some men measure themselves by the answers to the following questions:

Am I strong enough? Am I wealthy enough? Do I meet the traditional definition of masculinity? Do I attract women? Do I control things or people? Do people recognize me for these things and am I respected and revered for them?”

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“I have come this far through all the pain, not because of weakness, but because of the strength I have. You should thank Christ for making me who I am, because I am who you need. I am the one who can save you! You may believe you are a hero, but the real hero is me.”

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“And the big daddy that I learned from all this: I actually CAN’T paint like other artists, and nor do I want to. That’s the best thing this exercise has taught me over the years; it’s fun to experiment, to try out what other artists are doing, but if I only ever did that I’d be unfulfilled and dissatisfied. I’d be surrounded by a vegetarian buffet and craving steak.”

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donotdestroy:

“Get The Fuck Off My Back.”

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donotdestroy:

“Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.”

— Keith Richards

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donotdestroy:

“Then you can choose to take the high road, consider that imitation is a form of flattery so to speak and decide to not spend too much energy on the issue. Publicize your art as much as you can and make it sure serious buyers and art galleries know that your style is genuinely yours. Copycats usually get tired after a while: after all there is not much personal satisfaction in copying and they will often go from copying one artist to copying another. What they are copying is also something you did in the past, and because you are the creative force behind the art that is being copied, you often moved on to the next step in your art journey being always one step ahead. You own the creative tools, they are just replicating an end product.”

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“It’s a new medium, but I’m still painting… Whether it’s digital or not, the painting doesn’t change much in terms of meaning.” — David Hockney

David Hockney
Flowers, Glass Vase on a Table
2021
Ipad painting printed on paper
35 × 25 in.
US$110,000

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Digital platforms, no matter how popular or seemingly permanent, are not immune to shutting down or becoming obsolete. Instagram, for example, holds countless personal memories, creative works, and moments of history. If it were to shut down, much of that content could be lost if users don’t proactively save it elsewhere.

This issue isn’t unique to Instagram; platforms like MySpace, Vine, or Google+ show how fleeting digital spaces can be. MySpace famously lost millions of songs and files during a server migration, erasing a decade of content. This highlights how dependent we are on platforms to act as digital archives—but those archives are fragile.