Style and image - it's what Motown is about. They had a charm school led by Maxine Powell. There was literally an artists' development department.
I studied my craft at the same place as Nicki Minaj.
An artist needs the best studio instruction, the most rigorous demands, and the toughest criticism in order to tune up his sensibilities.
I think that an artist should be a skilled craftsman.
Out of all artists, authors are the least trained for the spotlight. Wanting attention isn't a requisite part of the package.
I graduated. I did History of Art, you know, all those things - American Studies - and then I went to art school, and I did Joseph Alvarez in the art school.
At that time, the academic orientation was rather technical contrary to that of the university, where art theory is very important. The teachers were renowned artists and among the best of that time.
Artists of my generation were not educated. We were not given the equipment because it was generally believed to be irrelevant.
Unfortunately, in Korea, I feel like some people are just seeing the dollar signs and sending out artists into the foreign markets who aren't fully prepared.
Artists shouldn't deal with business stuff; that's not what we're trained in, and most of us aren't good at it.
The whole point of art school is that you're going to be able to have nudes all day long and a teacher who is there to move you. It's great.
