David Bayles

Photographer and co-author of the book, Art and Fear.

For thirty three years David has photographed personal projects as well as commercial assignments. He has received numerous awards and been published in a wide variety of magazines and books. While making portraits of trees, forests, people and buildings has been the largest part of his creative output, teaching and sharing his passion with others is close behind.

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Philosopher's Notes on David Bayles's Books

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Art and Fear

by David Bayles and Ted Orland

Art and fear. (You may have noticed they go together.) This is a quick-reading (122 pages), witty, real look at the process and challenges of making art. Of course, I think the biggest art project all of us can ever engage in is the creation of our own optimized and actualized lives, so we’ll be focusing on Big Ideas we can apply to our lives today including: quitting vs. stopping, fast vs. slow, 50 lbs, the importance of progress, naive passion vs. informed passion and how to get work done like a PRO!

Quotes by David Bayles

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To the critic, art is a noun. ...To the artist, art is a verb.

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“For most artists, making good art depends upon making lots of art, and *any* device that carries the first brushstroke to the next blank canvas has tangible, practical value.”

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The only work really worth doing—the only work you can do convincingly—is the work that focuses on the things you care about.

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Experience consists of being able to reoccupy useful space easily, instantly.

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Indulge too many habits, and life sinks into mind-dulling routine. Too few, and coping with a relentless stream of incoming detail overwhelms you.

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When you are lazy, your art is lazy; when you hold back, it holds back; when you hesitate, it stands there staring, hands in its pockets. But when you commit, it comes on like blazes.

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