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Originally Posted by m21sniper
Silly, i've been painting and sketching for decades(though i lost the fire about 8-9 years ago, and am now just considering getting back into it), had a few works in the Philadelphia Art museum (HS days), and i've never taken a single college math class. History= equally irrelevant. English and language classes= equally irrelevant.
These things have -nothing- to do with art. Hell, they have less than nothing to do with art.
All one needs to be an artist is paper, pencil, eyes, a soul, and inspiration. And nothing else.
Nothing.
Spending time around other artists and learning their techniques would be useful, which is why i was interested, but again- this has nothing to do with a general college curriculum.
It is a TOTAL money grab, and nothing else.
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my g/f who is an artist who has shown around the world, would violently disagree. Of course college isn't necessary, but to say that math, english, history are irrelevant to art is ridiculous. One cannot be an artist in a vacuum. While you don't need necessarily take a math class, an understanding of algebra and calculus can open up artistic opportunities and approaches. For instance in my g/f's current installation, she spent time reading up on quantum mechanics in order to conceptualize her pieces. And she in fact regrets not taking more science classes when she was in school.
You are focused on technique. That is not what art is about. It is part of it, but not nearly all of it. You might want to take some art history classes to understand that
