Art and Haters

One last thought before I head to Houston for the National Arts Marketing Conference

I've been honored to meet many cool artists and many brillant arts administrators.

Most of them have one thing in common . . . they are generous.

Generous with their time.

Generous with their ideas.

Generous with their praise.

And when they do walk across the spectrum of praise to criticism it is almost always constructive and often helpful.

On the other hand, the people who spend most of their time ripping artists or bashing artistic institutions are rarely, rarely, any good at what they do.

It's hard to be a hater and a talented artist.