How Kitsch are you? You’re hungry and desire a fruit in a painting — what’s the right quotation?The fruit is so lifelike that your desire increases.The desire is due to your hunger — an impure judgment of taste.Should a movie contain the impossibility of a flying man?Only if it’s credibly depicted.No, we must be able to confront unromantic reality.Should a work be decorated?Scene-paintings in a play can be emotionally attractive.Decoration will hinder the real beauty of the play itself.Can you make an impersonal self-portrait?Any portraiture should display a universal, not personal truth.No, then it would no longer be an expression of the self.Should you reflect your cultural background?Yes, inherited knowledge must be carried on through tradition.No. Extract the most substantial from any tradition.Should your work reflect your time?The spirit of your time is also your own spirit.If you reflect your time you will die along with it.Can nature be surpassed?Works of man cannot outclass the beauty of nature.It's possible to improve upon nature.What’s the purpose of painting?To utter universal truths.Painting is for painting's sake.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.A masterpiece cannot come out of improvisation — do you agree?On the contrary, it's the result of sudden inspiration and spontaneity.A masterpiece is the result of planning and persistence.Any comments about the questionnaire? Your profession