There is a point to a mathematic equation though
It has an answer
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 13:58, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Lets say the equation reached the wrong answer
and the bloke was bad at maths.

Does that then validate the same opinion? 'This is crap I don't understand it, my daughter etc'

Of course not.
( WormuIus, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:01, Reply)

Then it would be shite

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:02, Reply)

but the person looking at it wouldn't know this.

( WormuIus, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:03, Reply)

I think you are missing the point
The beauty of maths is in the patterns and symmetries, etc.

11,22,33
9,19,27 all adding up to 9, etc.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:08, Reply)

you meant 18 right?

( Peej, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:10, Reply)

Of course I didn't
*looks round nervously*
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:22, Reply)

Here we go.
I don't understand maths, I've never really been taught it beyond GCSE level, in this conversation your opinion carries much more weight.

Why doesn't this apply to art? Where does the idea that once an artist makes a piece of work the public somehow own it, I don't make art for other people, I make it for me and people that might be interested in it.

I suspect mathematicians couldn't give a fig what bloke in the street thinks about their work.
( WormuIus, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:11, Reply)

If that's the case then why are you bothered what other people think?

( girlinthehole, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:14, Reply)

That's not the case
It's only when art is displayed in a public that it invites comment. When the comments are positive its fine, when they are negative they are unqualified to comment.
( Peej, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:18, Reply)

If you're going to be an artist you are going to have to get used to people having an opinion on your work.
Whether they are 'experts' or not. It comes with the territory.

There are some artists who are technically very good but paint boring pictures. Which is more important, the knowledge and ability or the message?
( girlinthehole, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:09, Reply)