How Kitsch are you? You add an extra element to a composition — should you keep it there?If that is what the composition demands.You decide based on introspection.What is appealing in Mona Lisa?That which is familiar to us.Something divergent.Can you take pleasure in an abstract painting?The spontaneous expression is heartfelt and true to the instinct of the painter.Colors spread at random give less pleasure than a portrait sketched in black and white.Should a work be decorated?Scene-paintings in a play can be emotionally attractive.Decoration will hinder the real beauty of the play itself.Should you reflect your cultural background?Yes, inherited knowledge must be carried on through tradition.No. Extract the most substantial from any tradition.The most gripping representation of the Holocaust is possible by—Showing the tragic events as they actually happened.Showing them in a dramatized form.What should be approached?An imitation of nature.Something as genuine as nature itself.Is there more to a painting than what meets the eye?If a painting has soul, it’s something outside the technical execution.Nothing exists beyond the surface of the canvas.You and a friend stare at a landscape — is his view different from yours?Unless your friend’s got eye problems you will experience the same outlook.Neither can reach the true landscape behind your minds’ representation.Is it inappropriate to paint a portrait of Joseph Stalin?Yes, beauty is a symbol of public moral.No. Even improper people should be depicted noble.Any comments about the questionnaire? Your profession