By URGH - 28/06/2009 22:08 - Canada

Today, my friend and I were in her mom's car talking about which job was harder: actor or artist. I said, "Art is easy. You just scribble on a piece of paper and call it abstract art." Her mom squinted at me in the rear-view mirror and my friend stopped talking. Then she said, "My mom is an artist." FML
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Same thing different taste

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1234jnimawe 0

well youre an idiot because art is much more complicated ... ... I can't draw for my life nor can I pass it off like I can ... meanwhile people will see a movie with jessica Simpson and call that "acting" ... it ain't hard

choochootrain 0

...honestly? Comparing actors and artists is like comparing apples and pears. Done well, each require talent and effort.

Comments

You deserved it, but her mom also deserved your comment.

THANK YOU I'm glad there are other people who share this opinion. I don't understand how some art makes it into museums and becomes so valuable. Especially when people attach such a deep meaning to something a 3 year old could have randomly done. And minimalist stuff too. Basically doing as little to something as possible. Or sticking a dot on a white canvas. OMG I'M A FREAKING ARTIST BECAUSE I DID THIS OMG

blondie3689 1

You deserve it! I am an artist and while I do not appreciate abstract one bit, art as a whole isn't "easy". I do agree that abstract art looks like scribbles and that a 5 year old can do it so you're right there.

It's cute how people are wirting essays about this... It's really quite simple: ABSTRACT art is, of course, bullshit. They spend more time on their artists' statements than their actual work. Real art can be anything- it's a wide spectrum, but generally anything thats not some lines and dots on a canvas requires skill. It's incredibly debateable, and trying to fix definition to anything is stupid. You'll never win. YDI for insensitivity, but you couldn't have known and that must be embarrassing as hell...

Jessaly_fml 0

As an actor and artist, I must say, you're an asshole who deserves it and both are ******* HARD, some easier than others depending on what you do. Community theatre is going to be easier than broadway, and sketching harder than a landscape, but they're all HARD IN THEIR OWN WAYS.

OP: we all shoot our mouth off sometimes, you know what you said was tactless, learn from it and move on :) everyone debating whether being an artist or an actor is "harder": that is a ridiculous point to debate, first because they're both "artists" and secondly because it's like comparing apples to oranges. like #131 said "hard in their own ways"

You f*** of a douche! do u realize how hard it is to paint and draw and be able to sell your art with the thousands of other artists out there doing the same? wtf?! especially since artwork is really just a luxury and not a necessity, even fewer people are willing to spend the amount just for the supplies, especially in this messed up economy. I may not know much about acting but its also gotta b hard considering how many people actually make it for their talents and not their relations or appearance -cough- miley cyrus -cough-

wow. so many over-reactions. people, I'm pretty sure this person was saying it to be funny! It was a joke. And I agree with #68.