How Kitsch are you? 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.What should be approached?An imitation of nature.Something as genuine as nature itself.Can a work of excellence be ascribed to a method?It's detached from all rules.Certain techniques work better than others.Is habitation the only function of architecture?Yes, form follows function, creating a building’s own beauty.No, ornamentation is crucial for man’s harmony with nature.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.Is talent given by birth?It‘s a natural gift and cannot be taught.Man can produce excellence through practice.Can you compose like Beethoven today?Successors should imitate his coffee habits, not his music.Develop and make use of the best from the traditional material.A nude by Matisse or a nude by Zorn?Matisse – if it's too sensually rendered, it ceases to be valid.Zorn – great painters render the world more sensual than it is.What is appealing in Mona Lisa?That which is familiar to us.Something divergent.What’s the purpose of painting?To utter universal truths.Painting is for painting's sake.Any comments about the questionnaire? Your profession