Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/29

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Subject: [Leica] Interesting Juxtapositions
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Fri Sep 29 11:05:07 2006
References: <C141AE85.16163%bd@bdcolenphoto.com> <1D88EC01-4ECD-442A-AF1B-2EBCB42C1A32@mac.com> <B9E5B89E-D007-4170-BDA2-84121178661B@pandora.be> <4A19582E-D194-4C6C-BE89-98E06F89A889@mac.com>

I agreed with you already. Must have read as a criticism on your  
remark. Which wasn't meant it to be.


Op 29-sep-06, om 19:58 heeft Lottermoser George het volgende geschreven:

> A "true" artist? No idea.
>
> We could say that:
> anyone who makes art = artist
> but then
> do we agree that what s/he makes = art?
>
> I know musicians who who earn their living from their music
> and some who don't
> I know poets who earn their living from their poetry
> and some who don't
> I know painters who earn their living from their paintings
> and some who don't
> I know sculptors who earn their living from their sulpture
> and some who don't
> I know photographers who earn their living from their photographs
> and some who don't
>
> I don't judge their art by annual sales.
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george@imagist.com
>
>
>
> On Sep 29, 2006, at 12:42 PM, Philippe Orlent wrote:
>
>> So, one can only be a true artist if one doesn't have to live from  
>> his art?
>
>
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