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What does it mean?
Artistic correctness is not logical but emotional, achievable only through feeling.
In plain terms
Art is right only when it feels right, not when it follows rules.
What can you take from it?
Trust your feelings to judge artistic quality.

Where it applies

  • critique
  • creation

Putting it to work

  • trusting intuition
  • feeling-based decisions

Questions to consider

  • How do you know art is right?
  • Can logic replace feeling?

Another view

Feeling is subjective and varies by person.

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