"If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint" -Edward Hopper
" An artist cannot talk about his art more than a plant can discuss horticulture" -Jean Cocteau
Have you ever been to an art exhibit and seen a mysterious, beautiful and clever piece of art? Wanting to know more about the intention of the artist you started reading the artist statement only to find yourself more puzzled and slightly put off by the overly sophisticated language, complicated sentences and annoyingly confusing paragraph?
My guess is that more often than not artists have no clue why they create the art they create.
They only know that they are naturally compelled to paint or draw or take pictures but trying to explain why seems completely unnatural. Check out this hilarious video, it clearly demonstrates what we are going through when writing the dreaded artist statement:
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