How Kitsch are you? 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 movie contain the impossibility of a flying man?Only if it’s credibly depicted.No, we must be able to confront unromantic reality.Why has Homer's epic poems had long lasting relevance?His stories are so original that they stand out as one of the greatest achievements in history.His stories are so impersonal that people question his very existence.Is a painting supposed to delight the viewer?What merely pleases cannot be called beautiful.Pleasure in representations is universal.How do you respond to the spinning wheel in The Spinners by Velasquez?Recognition of the spinning wheel pleases the viewer.Forget what you know about spinning wheels, and judge it as a loosely painted circle.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.What should be approached?An imitation of nature.Something as genuine as nature itself.You make a sculpture — who’s to criticize it?One who is independent from sculpting.It’s difficult to judge a sculpture if one has not sculpted.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.How should a work be judged?By contemplation.If it's not good enough the audience eats their carried lunch instead.Any comments about the questionnaire? Your profession