JOHN FOWLES

The Collector - fragments
 

He said, critics spiel away about superb technical accomplishment. Absolutely meaningless, that sort of jargon. Art's cruel. You can get away with murder with words. But a picture is like a window straight through to your inmost heart. And all you've done here is build a lot of little windows on to a heart full of other fashionable artists' paintings. He came and stood beside me and picked out one of the new abstracts I'd done at home. You're saying something here about Nicholson or Pasmore. Not about yourself. You're using a camera. Just as _trompe-l'oeil_ is mischanneled photography, so is painting in someone else's style. You're photographing here. That's all.

Alexandra Blaj

John Fowles
 

A zis despre critici ca lauda o impecabila realizare structurala. Acel jargon nu are nici o valoare. Arta e cruda. Cuvintele te salva din orice situatie. O pictura insa este ca o fereastra ce se deschide direct catre strafundul inimii tale. Si tot ce ai facut tu aici e sa deschizi multe ferestre marunte spre o inima plina de picturi ale altor artisti in voga. A venit langa mine si a ales una dintre noile picturi abstracte pe care le-am facut acasa. Aici zici ceva despre Nicholson sau despre Pasmore. Nu despre tine. Folosesti un aparat foto. Asa cum tehnica trompe l’oeil nu e decat fotografie descentrata, la fel este si cand pictezi in stilul altcuiva. Tu fotografiezi aici. Atata tot.