Minority art, vernacular art, is marginal art. Only on the margins does growth occur.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In minority communities there's a sensitivity, often a knee-jerk reaction, to critical representations. There's a misunderstanding of what an artist does.
The arts tend to be more liberal. There tends to be more social relevance in the arts.
I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.
Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of living.
Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
What is art? Nature concentrated.
I think all art comes out of conflict. When I write I am always looking for the dramatic kernel of an event, the junctures of people's lives when they go in one direction, not another.
Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise.
What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.
Art is the job of the privileged.