Are You an Artistic Genius? Take This Test to Find Out!

The most important reason to become an artist is:

a. to have fun

b. to become immortal

c. to express your innermost thoughts and feelings

d. to discover your innermost thoughts and feelings

e. because it’s a way to participate in the most fundamental imperative of God himself

f. beats having a real job!

f. all of the above

To an artist, anger is:

a. a reason to get up in the morning and start working

b. indispensable, insofar as work uninformed by anger is much more likely to be pabulum than in any significant way compelling

c. limiting at first, and then crippling

d. a force that must finally be subsumed by love

e. all of the above.

The most important personality characteristic an artist can possess is:

a. unadulterated arrogance

b. an almost crippling sense of humility

c. tireless intellectual curiosity

d. a distinct predilection for spontaneity

e. empathy for others

f. all of the above

The most productive response at artist can have to his or her critics is to:

a. listen to and learn from each and every one of them

b. ignore and/or dismiss each and every one of them

c. take to heart what the favorable ones say; dismiss the truly critical ones

d. take to heart what the truly critical ones say; dismiss the favorable ones

e. pretend to listen to and care about them; secretly pity their inferiority

f. All of the above

Being successful as an artist means giving up:

a. love

b. your ideals

c. ever belonging to any group at all

d. your ego

e. your social skills

f. all hope of being rich

g. all  of the above

Your chance of succeeding as an artist is in direct proportion to your willingness to:

a. follow market trends

b. obey those with influence in your field

c. surrender your life to your art

d. spend decades toiling away in obscurity while you learn your craft

e. fail

f. all of the above

You will know that you have become a successful artist when:

a. you are featured or referenced in regional media

b. you are featured or referenced in national media

c. powerful and influential people in the field of your discipline support and/or align themselves with you

d. your ideas and/or style are constantly stolen

e. your family members are awed by you

f. your art sells for a ton of money

g. the whole idea of whether or not you’re “successful” bores you

Scoring: Pffft. Scoring. Who cares?

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