How Kitsch are you? Should you reflect your cultural background?Yes, inherited knowledge must be carried on through tradition.No. Extract the most substantial from any tradition.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.A nude by Lucian Freud or a nude by Andrew Wyeth?Freud – an uncomplimentary approach to reality challenges the viewer.Wyeth – great painters depict their subjects with dignity.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.Let’s take The Prodigal Son by Rembrandt — what can you learn from it?It should teach us about moral ideas.Beauty is independent from education.What’s the purpose of painting?To utter universal truths.Painting is for painting's sake.How should color be treated in a painting?Mix of contrary colors produce harmony.Colors ought to be pure and thus separated.Should a work be decorated?Scene-paintings in a play can be emotionally attractive.Decoration will hinder the real beauty of the play itself.What is appealing in Mona Lisa?That which is familiar to us.Something divergent.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.Any comments about the questionnaire? Your profession