"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."
What do you think he meant by that? Do you agree with him? Provide any examples from your personal life when reflecting on this quote. (It can relate directly to art or not.)
When I first saw this quote, I could not be any happier. I feel like the quote truly encompasses what makes an artist stand out. I completely agree with Scott Adams. It is so easy to think that in order to be creative, one must first be talented in the art field, and able to imagine new and interesting ideas. Creativity goes beyond natural talent, and also involves the ability for one to produce something entirely unique and meaningful. By making mistakes, often other ideas spring from them, allowing one to work in order to improve upon them, or expand from those mistakes. A mistake is often considered something that is unacceptable or undesired, yet in art, can make an important statement, and produce an impact from its audience.
When I think about this quote, I think of the movie, Billy Madison. This probably has to do with the fact that I just watched the movie a couple of days ago, but there is a part in the movie that does relate with art and creativity. When the main character, Billy is in Kindergarten, he decides to draw a picture of a duck. Billy then colors the duck blue, and when asked why he does so, replies, "I have never seen a blue duck before." This part of the movie reminds me of my own childhood, when I would draw and color in grade school. Often, I had a similar attitude in what I produced, and found uniqueness and beauty in producing art that was different from everyone else. Being a child in my single digit age, I was not a Picasso, yet, I was able to realize that art is all about challenging what is expected out of an individual.
Art has the freedom for one to choose what they want to create. The more "out-of-the-box" a piece of art is, sometimes, the more recognition it can get.
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