Just because people can express themselves through their art doesn't mean they are great communicators in person.
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Sometimes words are not needed, and the simplicity of expressing yourself through an art form is one of the best ways of communication.
Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.
When you are talking about someone's art, it is usually so personal.
Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language.
It's only when an artist becomes a master that they are fully able to express themselves.
Art is expression, and to have high expression you must have something high to express.
Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
A lot of people are intimated by art, but it's something to be revered beyond criticism.
It's good for art to make us think, to give us a shared experience that creates a dialogue, makes us talk to each other, including strangers.
The goal of art-making in general is communication.