Scott Adams Quote Response

Scott Adams's quote, "Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.", is very thought provoking. Adams is basically saying that art can be defined as "mistakes" made through creative ways, or "creative mistakes". Art definitely has creative elements to it, so the first part I agree with, but I'm not sure that I would define art as "mistakes" per say. I think that in some cases pieces of art are made by "mistake" in that they don't always turn out the way the artist intends, or the meaning which they project on their audience isn't always what was the intention of the artist. However, I think that in most cases, art is more like "intentional creativity" rather than "mistaken creativity", in that the author usually has a purpose in creating a certain artistic piece, and that intention is usually fulfilled.