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Could you please define what a real artist is to you? Not trying to be snide but rather really curious. This is a question coming from an engineer that sometime

Could you please define what a real artist is to you? Not trying to be snide but rather really curious. This is a question coming from an engineer that sometimes has to try to be a bit artistic (and failing catastrophically) on some of his works.

WalterBright 9y ago
If I could duplicate the work in a weekend, it isn't real art :-)
- felipemnoa 9y ago
  I'm not sure about that. Coming up with something new that millions of people like is the hard part. It matters not if you can duplicate it easily. Just look at Minecraft, compared to AAA games it is simple, yet its simplicity is genius.
  - WalterBright 9y ago
    I'm not suggesting the converse is true - just because something took a lot of effort/skill to create doesn't necessarily make it art. Simplicity is often genius, I agree with that, but I also don't see Minecraft as a work of art.
- the_cat_kittles 9y ago
  i think your talking about “craft” not art. i dont think skill required to create is the big factor, i think its more about your choices. but i conceed that the line is blurred and there are counterexampled
galfarragem 9y ago
Try to dissect the parent comment, is really spot on. I can't explain better. Some extra hints: You are using the word artistic when you should use the word creative instead. An artist, sometimes, is not even the best painter, musician or sculptor. An artist is somebody that has the courage to live life trully according his way - being innovative by definition - and not to please somebody else. Examples of artists (IMHO): Jim Morrison, Salvador Dali, Picasso, Basquiat, Paul Gauguin became one when abbandoned his life in Paris and went painting natives in Pacific islands in 19 century, probably Madonna and Michael Jackson while younger, probably Trump.. Jesus Christ..
- felipemnoa 9y ago
  Thanks for the comment. Replacing "artistic" with "creative" really helps. Gives the whole thing a different perspective.

WalterBright 9y ago

If I could duplicate the work in a weekend, it isn't real art :-)

felipemnoa 9y ago
I'm not sure about that. Coming up with something new that millions of people like is the hard part. It matters not if you can duplicate it easily. Just look at Minecraft, compared to AAA games it is simple, yet its simplicity is genius.
- WalterBright 9y ago
  I'm not suggesting the converse is true - just because something took a lot of effort/skill to create doesn't necessarily make it art. Simplicity is often genius, I agree with that, but I also don't see Minecraft as a work of art.
the_cat_kittles 9y ago
i think your talking about “craft” not art. i dont think skill required to create is the big factor, i think its more about your choices. but i conceed that the line is blurred and there are counterexampled

galfarragem 9y ago

Try to dissect the parent comment, is really spot on. I can't explain better. Some extra hints: You are using the word artistic when you should use the word creative instead. An artist, sometimes, is not even the best painter, musician or sculptor. An artist is somebody that has the courage to live life trully according his way - being innovative by definition - and not to please somebody else. Examples of artists (IMHO): Jim Morrison, Salvador Dali, Picasso, Basquiat, Paul Gauguin became one when abbandoned his life in Paris and went painting natives in Pacific islands in 19 century, probably Madonna and Michael Jackson while younger, probably Trump.. Jesus Christ..

felipemnoa 9y ago
Thanks for the comment. Replacing "artistic" with "creative" really helps. Gives the whole thing a different perspective.