The revelatory or visionary is the province of the 'private' artist, who in order to render his personal world comprehensible or even tolerable, must force others to believe in it and therefore share it. It is said that 'the poet… — Kenneth Coutts-Smith Copy Share Image
The 'public' artist confirms the world that we already accept, though he inevitably widens our experience of it; his method is one of research,… — Kenneth Coutts-Smith Copy Share
The revelatory or visionary is the province of the 'private' artist, who in order to render his personal world comprehensible or even tolerable, must… — Kenneth Coutts-Smith Copy Share
The language of images [of inner-oriented artists] does not follow a code structure that is evident and widely accepted, but is more likely to… — Kenneth Coutts-Smith Copy Share
Most inner-oriented artists share a common characteristic, a certain quality of obsession. — Kenneth Coutts-Smith Copy Share
When the symbols are 'public' they usually act in an oblique manner, revealing themselves as archetypal symbols, which though familiar, have their central meanings… — Kenneth Coutts-Smith Copy Share
