If you want to know what true art is: Go outside on a clear night, wait until it gets very, very dark, then look up! You will see no rules of composition, no evidence of superior technique. Yet, you will be staring into the very face of pure, unadulterated beauty and wonder. That is the unattainable Ideal for which I must constantly strive.
Whether or not anyone could have done it is not what's important. What is important is whether or not anyone would have done it.
I can never fathom it when people say things like "I can't understand abstract art!" Or: "Abstract art is junk!" Or: "Abstract art isn't as valid as realism!"
The entire 'my art is better than your art' thing really gets under my skin. The fact of the matter is: Your art IS better than my art... at being what it is. So what? It just so happens that my art is better than your art, at being what it is.
No matter how substandard you feel your skill or talent may be, If you never produce your art, the world will always remain deprived of it.
Abstraction is an exercise in a pre-assured failure. It is a futile attempt to communicate the non-communicable
It is not about which artist is more skilled than which other artist. It is about creating what is in you to create. A lack of confidence in oneself is like a thief, It steals from the world that which might be worthy.
No matter how much utter disdain I have for the work of a particular artist, I would still rather that he had created those works than hadn't
When the established members of academia start becoming vocal as to how poor your art is, then you know you're on to something.
