Is it really possible
to get anything simply by faith and surrender? I heard Mother said to Sanjiban
that if one wants to be an artist one must work hard. What is true of art, is
true of everything, isn’t it?Sri Aurobindo
Letters on Poetry and Art
SABCL - Volume 27
Part 3. Literature, Art, Beauty and Yoga
Section 4. Literature, Art, Music and the Practice of Yoga
Painting, Music, Dance and Yoga
Painting and Sadhana [4]
Is it really possible
to get anything simply by faith and surrender? I heard Mother said to Sanjiban
that if one wants to be an artist one must work hard. What is true of art, is
true of everything, isn’t it?
For heaven’s sake, don’t be so universal in your rules. Art means a technique (especially painting, sculpture, etc., music also, poetry less), and technique has to be developed. But that does not mean that there is nothing that can come by simply faith and surrender.
6 April 1935