Rodin: Talent is the great enemy of art. (Set fire to the art school). And Zoom meeting tonight.
Nurturing The Song Within
Do you know what is the greatest enemy of the artist? Talent, the gift he's born with: facility, dexterity. In a word, chic (banal or empty facility) is what spoils us and ruins us. We think we've arrived at the summit of our art no sooner than we've produced something, and we look no further. . .
- Rodin
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For Rodin’s thoughts on awards for artistic excellence, and on the ridiculousness of art school — he suggested to an esteemed emissary from one that his school should be burned down — and Machiavelli’s thoughts on why the established order does not like innovation — visit here.
Join Heron Dancers for an exploration of subjects related to creative work each Sunday at 7pm Eastern. More here.
http://www.herondance.org/rodin-talent