Men talk about art, and artists make art, but should artists talk?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Artists talk in 'art speak.'
Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work.
Art is not in some far-off place. A work of art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility and ability.
We throw at female artists this expectation that their work has to speak to the female experience. And if it doesn't, you're letting the side down. Throwing this stumbling block in the way of female artists is counterintuitive.
When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding the earth - whether it be the plains of the west - or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction - some with a brush - some with a shovel - some choose a pen.
Art expresses man.
Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.
No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.
The goal of art-making in general is communication.