Quotes by Buffy Sainte-Marie

• When we draw on the tablet, the drawing shows up on the computer screen. If we have chosen to tell the computer that the stylist is to behave like a piece of chalk, or a pen, or a wet brush, it will.
• If I'm interrupted, it's just a minor inconvenience, but not a disaster, because it's easy to get back where I was: that is, the paint has not changed consistency; the light has not moved.
• Instead of kids just hearing about beads and baskets and fringe, and about what 'was' and 'were,' we present Native American culture as a living contemporary culture.
• Another time factor is output: proofing and printing. That is, getting your work out of the computer and onto paper and having it satisfy you. It can be time consuming and expensive.
• As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar.
• But in the old days, visual artists used to fall into two distinct categories: those of us who created images with cameras and those of us who applied stuff onto other stuff, with brushes or other tools.
• By looking at the questions the kids are asking, we learn the scope of what needs to be done.
• Digital art software has empowered both the painterly side of photographers, and the photographer side of painters.
• I work closely with the printer to get the final print the way I want it.
• The key is in remaining just aloof enough from a painting so that you know when to stop.
• We also have the option of scanning in an image from outside the computer... a photo, or a sketch done with traditional tools; and we can then paint, manipulate, process, change, and further develop the image within the computer, watching our progress on the monitor.
• Digital imaging allows both groups to rise above the limitations of mess and clutter and mechanics, and apply our talents to creating images limited only by our imaginations.
• It was a black and white only computer at the time, but it kept me fascinated.
• The paintings are transferred from my computer to a disk, and I can hand it to the printer this way; or I can modem the painting to the printer over the phone lines from my house in Hawaii.
• The time I save setting up and cleaning up probably balances out by the time I spend on output.
• The artistic process in digital art is very much the same as for making other kinds of paintings.
• That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days.
• Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down.
• Once an artist explores the vast variety of tools and features available on the great programs, we're hooked.
• My first Macintosh was a 128k machine which I upgraded to 512k the minute it became possible.