The problem of making artists talk about their work is that when they're making their work the left-brain is shut off. So if you talk to an artist about it, you're talking to someone who wasn't there. It's hopeless. And… — Jonathan Santlofer Copy Share Image
The idea of going to school to be an art critic is a very crazy idea. I educated myself in public, which is a… — Jonathan Santlofer Copy Share Image
The experience of beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say. The artist's relation to the object of beauty, how the… — Jonathan Santlofer Copy Share Image
A lot of writers and artists are like chefs who eat their own cooking in the kitchen and then deliver an empty plate with… — Jonathan Santlofer Copy Share Image
My problem with political art is not that it's bad art necessarily, but that it is terrible politics. We're talking about a closeted person… — Jonathan Santlofer Copy Share Image
I found with poetry that I couldn't keep it up. I was too vulnerable. Maybe I was too aware of the audience. And I… — Jonathan Santlofer Copy Share Image
By this point I have a fairly high degree of confidence in my judgment, in that I don't doubt my sanity; or, even if… — Jonathan Santlofer Copy Share Image
I have a total responsibility to the reader. The reader has to trust me and never feel betrayed. There's a double standard between writers… — Jonathan Santlofer Copy Share Image
There is a sensuousness to language, there's a pace to it. There's a deliciousness to it. I do have pleasure when I'm writing. I… — Jonathan Santlofer Copy Share Image
The problem of making artists talk about their work is that when they're making their work the left-brain is shut off. So if you… — Jonathan Santlofer Copy Share Image
