We note the cliche: opinions . . . everyone has them.

When your opinion about something is questioned, accept the challenge.

Is this other thought more open with no integrity lost? It might be another jewel in the crown that will elevate your standard. If so, adopt it immediately, keep it alive, and make it your own.

This is a blessing from above.

Who says what art is excellent and what art is not?

When you dig deeper into this question you must confront your own self: I know the process, quality, and value of my work—everything else is hearsay.

The next time your work gets overlooked, remember that one of Kandinsky’s masterpieces was rejected from an exhibit because it was too big. 

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

Pablo Picasso

Do you have an understanding of what he meant? Was Picasso being merely provocative, or is there a deeper meaning to mine here?

Is the art itself the truth, or an artifact of truth? 

Whether someone accepts or rejects any theory of the mind, one must add the divine self to a list of psychological constructs in this inner world where you are host to a myriad of forces that no one can fully explain.

It is, after all, art from the unconscious that flows from a cornucopia of intuitive emotion. If you make art from thinking, then you have to calculate by design. 

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In 1917, Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) took a urinal and rotated it ninety degrees from its normal, functional position.

The artist left the piece unembellished except for the inscription ‘R. Mutt 1917’ and titled it: Fountain.

Was this a joke, a prank, or was it art?

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