ART AND ITS CONCEPTION
In
the creative process, we can start from reality, but we must find our
own way of communicating, resisting the temptation to
give in to simple imitation. Reality is only a
point of reference. Art is and must be abstract to the extend that it
makes use of ideas, not objects. But being abstract does not mean being
empty of content. I feel that if an artist has nothing to say, nothing
to communicate, he can't create art. In addition, he has to find a way
of doing so.
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"Art and its Conception" by
D. Pontet
OSMUS. Vol. 4 - No. 18. Miami, FL 1996 (pg. 99)
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