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artist vs.artist

updated sun 27 nov 05

 

Rogier Donker on sat 26 nov 05


Elizabeth wrote:

......I don't think you can choose to be an artist or not. I think
that some people are overwhelmingly compelled to make art,
including the publication of it for reaction. Those who are not
motivated in this way, cannot succeed except in the form
of weak art, like that of Andy Warhol (whose work is only
interesting in a conceptual or pass....

Ah, Elizabeth...you tell'em!

BTW same sort of argument/discussion was happening in the sixties....history repeats itself........
Rogier
See us on the web at http://www.donkerstudio.org

Elizabeth Priddy on sat 26 nov 05


It's good to know someone agrees. It's
often lonely on this side of the fence. I
wish I knew how to straddle it with one foot
dangling on either side like happy folks do!

EP

--- Rogier Donker wrote:

> Elizabeth wrote:
>
> ......I don't think you can choose to be an artist or not. I think
> that some people are overwhelmingly compelled to make art,
> including the publication of it for reaction. Those who are not
> motivated in this way, cannot succeed except in the form
> of weak art, like that of Andy Warhol (whose work is only
> interesting in a conceptual or pass....
>
> Ah, Elizabeth...you tell'em!
>
> BTW same sort of argument/discussion was happening in the
> sixties....history repeats itself........
> Rogier
> See us on the web at http://www.donkerstudio.org
>
>
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Elizabeth Priddy

Beaufort, NC - USA
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