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>It is only weaklings and incompetents who plead for "constructive criticism". The constructive, positive part of any art-work must he furnished by the artist-pupil himself. The instructor or critic can- not ''constructively" criticize a student's picture or story or symphony without, in effect, doing the work that the student should do.
>Similarly, the actual feelings and thoughts of the model in a picture matter not at all; what does matter is whether the beholder is given an impression of thought and feeling.
>In exacting from the model this physical obedience and mental cooperation, the artist becomes a showman. In common with all showmen, his ego must dominate. There is much self flattery in posing a picture. The model is the means through which the artist realizes himself. [ ... ] In a sense, art is merely a by-product of the artist's quest for self-gratification.
How can one man be so based? Is this why Incel Adams hated him?
>Similarly, the actual feelings and thoughts of the model in a picture matter not at all; what does matter is whether the beholder is given an impression of thought and feeling.
>In exacting from the model this physical obedience and mental cooperation, the artist becomes a showman. In common with all showmen, his ego must dominate. There is much self flattery in posing a picture. The model is the means through which the artist realizes himself. [ ... ] In a sense, art is merely a by-product of the artist's quest for self-gratification.
How can one man be so based? Is this why Incel Adams hated him?
