Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good philosophy when buying art for yourself. Buying it as an investment isn't the right starting point at all. Philippe Op 9-dec-07, om 09:46 heeft Jayanand Govindaraj het volgende geschreven: > As a person who buys and collects art, the first reaction should be > "Its > fantastic", and the second would be "Can I live with it for 20 years?" > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Dec 9, 2007 1:04 PM, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > >> I know several people for whom the definition of "it is art" is "I >> want to >> buy it, to own it". Good art is something worth possessing. >> >> For me, the definition of art is when I look at a photograph and >> think "I >> wish I'd taken that photograph!". >> >> I think that in the world of the young, the answer to "is it art?" is >> determined by how many YouTube hits it has. >> >> When I was a child I asked a friend of my parents, who they told >> me was an >> artist, "what is art?". His answer has never left me: "Art is what >> I paint." >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >