Response to Salvador Dali Part 2

Okay so something really confusing happened today,  I made a post about Salvador Dali around a month to a month and a half ago, and somehow it magically disappeared.. weird, I know.  And, also very inconvenient.  So I'm just going to make a quick one to sum up my thoughts that unfortunately got erased.

So this is Salvador Dali for anyone who doesn't know who he is:



He kind of looks like a whacko, but he has painted some really neat art and came out with this little blub that I will be analyzing today... again.

"Because I am too intelligent to be a good painter, to be a good painter you've got to be a bit stupid"

So my art teacher asked my class to analyze this and say what we think he means, and state whether or not we agree with it.  First off, I just want to say that he defiantly should not be saying this, I had to do a quick Google search of him to get a better idea of who he was and how to respond, and he has some really amazing, and unique art work.  He takes something, an object like scissors or something, and makes them look like a dancer.  He brings life to inanimate objects in a really visually appealing way.  I really get the sense that all of his paintings hold a message, everything he does has a reason behind it.  And, maybe that's why he said this quote, because he feels that he puts too much thought into his paintings.  I don't think that doesn't make one a good artist though, I just think it might make them different than other artists. 

I do think that this quote is interesting though.  I think that it could mean a variety of things, so lets just travel together on my train of thought for this post.  Pretty sure my other post was more thought out and organized, but it's gone so you guys are just going to have to stick with me here.

What do I think this quote means?

I don't think that Dali actually means you must be stupid.  I don't really think that ones intelligence influences whether they are a good painter or not.  I think that this quote means that the best paintings are painted with one thought in mind, with one message, or feeling that is meant to be understood or felt.  I think that this quote means that a good artist must not be so critical, they must not be so precise.  They must let there raw emotion and feelings be evident though there artwork.  They must lose themselves in there painting, and allow people to understand there artwork on a deeper level.  I think that Dali was putting into simple terms what can be so complicated and misunderstood.  What makes a good artist?  It can be anything really, people favour different art then other people.  It's what makes us different.  However, no one likes an over-thought piece of art.  We all like to put ourselves into the artwork, we like to think who? What? Where? When? Why? And how?  We like to analyse, we like to discuss, we like to hate pieces, and we like to love others.  We like artwork that make us happy, and we admire artwork that makes us sad.  We like to feel something, and we like to be able to relate.  Artwork must be a bit mysterious, it can't be completely clear, it must be a bit 'stupid'.