A reader asks Matt who he believes is the greatest of all contemporary artists.

Matt responds:

The greatest artist is anyone who constantly and judiciously stands in front of their blank canvas and makes the first move towards a new and better understanding of who they are in the world.

That’s re-created millions of times around the world among all artists, known and unknown.

I know many, many of what I call “closet artists” who never show their work but work at it constantly.

So we should all be given medals with our names engraved on one side with the caption:  “Artist.”  And on the other side it says:  “Complete and Utter Fool.”

It’s up to us to decide which side we want to show the world.

Matt