The 'public' artist confirms the world that we already accept, though he inevitably widens our experience of it; … - Kenneth Coutts-Smith

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We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.

Kenneth Coutts-Smith

The 'public' artist confirms the world that we already accept, though he inevitably widens our experience of it; his method is one of research, the progressive uncovering of detail.

Artist, Detail, Details, Inevitably, Research

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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 does not wish to be understood, but to be believed.

Artist, Believe, Order, Personal, Understood

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 be a complex of symbols that have a profound meaning for the artists themselves.

Accepted, Artist, Doe, Likely, Profound, Structure

Most inner-oriented artists share a common characteristic, a certain quality of obsession.

Artist, Common, Obsession, Quality

When the symbols are 'public' they usually act in an oblique manner, revealing themselves as archetypal symbols, which though familiar, have their central meanings obscured as is usual in esoteric imagery.

Act, Central, Esoteric, Obscured, Revealing, Usual

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