The American abstract expressionist painter Richard Diebenkorn
(1922 –1993) is noted not only for his great work, but also for his
thoughts about the creative process. Diebenkorn's "Notes to myself
on beginning a painting" is a list of 10 things to think about as
we begin any creative work - we can think of them as "10 Rules for
Getting Started."
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Richard Diebenkorn's "Notes
to myself on beginning a painting"
1.  Attempt what is not
certain.  Certainty may or may not come later.  It may
then be a valuable delusion.
2.  The pretty, initial
position which falls short of completeness is not to be valued —
except as a stimulus for further moves.
3.  Do search.  But in
order to find other than what is searched for.
4.  Use and respond to the
initial fresh qualities but consider them absolutely
expendable.
5.  Don't "discover" a subject
— of any kind.
6.  Somehow don't be bored —
but if you must, use it in action.  Use its destructive
potential.
7.  Mistakes can't be erased
but they move you from your present position.
8.  Keep thinking about
Polyanna.
9.  Tolerate chaos.
10. Be careful only in a perverse
way.



Richard Diebenkorn - Knife in a Glass,
1963





Richard Diebenkorn -Cityscape, 1963

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