This is How to Become a Great Artist
Notice I Did Not Say a Rich Artist
Did you know it took about seven years to finish the painting “Mona Lisa”? It took four years (1503- 1507) to paint it, but then it was unfinished and it took another three years to complete it, up to the year Leonardo da Vinci died in 1519.
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel took an enormous amount of period to finish. It was done in two phases. The first phase was the magnificent ceiling frescos between (1508–1512) and the second was the Last Judgment executed many years later (1535- 1541).
It took nine years for France to build the statue of liberty. When it was complete in 1885, the statue was disassembled into 350 pieces, shipped to New York City, and reassembled. It took 4 months just to put the Statue of Liberty together again!
Herodotus, popularly known as the father of history, was told by his Egyptian guides that it took twenty years for a force of a hundred thousand oppressed slaves to build the pyramid.
The major cathedrals of Europe often take a century (hundred years) or more to complete. Notre Dame, for example, took over 180years.
It took Raphael Sanzio four years to paint the art piece titled transfiguration. He started in 1516 and finished in 1520.
It takes about four to six months to build a commercial aeroplane, providing you have the infrastructure and the minds of today. I want you to imagine how long it took the Wright brothers to build the first aeroplane to take flight. All of this is to show how long it takes to build anything outstanding. It is all about the process.
The process is what allows a finished piece to be interesting. It is what tells the story. Behind every successful invention lies a great deal of process. The art of creating is the process of mastering patience. It takes a long time to make or create a meaningful substance.
Patience makes the greatest artists.
If you think you have lost access to your creativity, then this book is probably for you. I call it, Reclaim Your Creativity. This is your breakthrough process to recovering the spark you lost.
Be patient.
