Trusting Your Taste

Never mind what the decorator, gallery owner, or art

critic's newspaper column has to say. When you're thinking

about buying a piece ask yourself the following questions...

· Does this piece jump out and pull me right in?

· Does it softly wrap itself around the whole

of my body and speak to me?

· How did this piece strike me the first, second,

and third time I viewed it?

· How much more alive do I feel than

before seeing the piece?

· Can I live without this piece in my life?

Armed and armored with the answers to these

questions you know as much about art as any critic in the

world!

Of course some may say ­ "well, this would make

anyone's art, good art." And others will say ­ "well, this

makes everyone an art critic." Here's a funny story that

would prove everybody right!

Picasso once became engaged in a heated debate

with a woman over his art. After a long exchange of words

the woman yells at Picasso, "my daughter can paint like

that!" To which Picasso replied, "congratulations Madame,

your daughter is a genius!"