> William writes: > [Given that most art is bad, and most of the bad stuff is terrible, and so very little is any good and almost none is really good, I'm always ready to be impressed by those rare examples of really good. I like a work that BANG, hits you before you begin looking at it seriously. A good piece of art is like a bandit, a mugger, who surprises you before you realize what's going on."
> Given that most art is bad, and most of the bad stuff is terrible, and > so very little is any good and almost none is really good, I'm always ready > to be impressed by those rare examples of really good.] > This is not a bait query, William -- I just want to hear a story. During your teaching career did you ever encounter in a new student a raw, astonishing talent of such quality you felt you were were looking at the early work of a future great artist? If so, what happened to that person? (I know you mentioned in the past a student of yours who eventually became an eminent teacher.)
