"Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colors, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential."
- Wassily Kandinsky
I know I can speak for all of us when I say art school is not easy. Throughout grade school, Art was always the "easy A" class. Since I made my decision to come to Moore, I can't count the number of people I've heard say "Oh Art school...it must be easy". Right away there was discouragement even from the people I thought were the closest to me. Just because Art school means drawing library bookshelves, self portraits, using fickle Micron markers, lugging your own weight around in sketch pads among many other things, does not mean for a second that it's the "easy way out". My only wish is that the art community, like those "book smart" careers out there, got the respect that it deserves. Because in all honesty art is, (but definitely not at all limited to) a lifelong career....just sayin.
If you're like me and want to find out more about this guy, here's the Wiki page on Wassily Kandinsky just to get ya started ;)
This is great commentary and reference! Yes, I could not agree more...artists and designers are excellent problem-solvers and have tremendous wisdom
ReplyDeletein life, in that they are always seeking the truth
in their process and in their reaction to the world around them!!!! We are always in a state of flux, self-examination and struggle.