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The humanity can not develop without the geniuses. Genius is Perpetuum mobile for the humanity. So why do we kill him again and again from century to century?

Valentin Massov A creative person is doomed to be an outcast in our world. He looks in future and sees that the others don't see. He creates future by his creativity. He is not one of the many. He is the unique. A mob doesn't like the uniques. They speak furiously: "If you are not with us you are against us". They hate him for his talent. They turn him into a pariah. They kill him. And next they deplore deeply and erect a monument to him. Because he is no longer a threat to them.

I am a Russian professional artist in oil painting and I am a woman. In our modern world, these concepts are hardly compatible. Besides, I am a very talented artist. I love my work. I can not imagine myself in the role of housewife. I love the smell of the paint more than the smell of a fried chicken. There are many paintings in my house. There are no the embroidered pillows and the china cups there. My world is the world of creativity, imagination and dreams. My works are filled with divine inspiration, because I have charisma. I know my paintings don't fall into oblivion, because people need them.  

A diamond is always hidden from human eyes. We should take some pains to a diamond becomes the diamond. So it is with a talented artist. Society should work to his talent becomes the cultural heritage of the all world. "A sunflower" watercolour by Valentin Massov, 1979

I don't like competitions. Why? A competition is a lottery, a game. As a rule a talented human never wins a victory in competitions. I am sure art business must look for the talented artists by another way. How must be? I think if a businessman sees a talented artist he will have to come and buy his works. But he will not do it, because he doesn't interested in a unknown painter. He is interested only money. I am in art business a long time. I know what art business is. It is system and it is terrible system. It is not interested in talented artists. It is interested in only itself profit. I can see a person without talent gets the winner and a talented man is with nothing. And this is life. I said that a competition is lottery. And yes and no. A competition is policy where the winner is already known. The others are only entourage.

Let mankind thinks what is the better: war or art? Art? Let art will be more important for you than war, then. Business must invests money in talented people and not in destruction.

Talented people are the salt of the earth. It's ignominy when country does not have respect for one's own talents. Presidents come and go, and talent remains.

Why does anyone think that he has the right to be the master of somebody else's destiny? I don't like when a rich bastard considers that he has right to be the boss of my talent. My talent belongs only God because God gave it me. It His ownership and nobody has right to encroach on it. "The talent given by God and must return to God."  (Blaise Pascal) The artists, your talent is not property for another. Remember it!

An artist is a hostage of art business. This is not good. I think the artist has to obey only his talent. Talent is God's Gift. It is not worth to change God's Gift for the whims of art business.

The more you'll fight for equity, the more you'll have enemies. State power doesn't like the one who can think and resist. So, the power very doesn't like creative people, because they submit to God.

30% of Russians want to leave of Russia. I want too. Russia is a stepmother for its people. I can not see possibility for my development here. I want live in the civilized country. I want to be of use to world. My talent is part of all world art.

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." Aristotle  If artists remembered about it, they would not make "black art" in Art.  "Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better." André Gide Today every artist want to be heard and understood, but what for "do things the hard way, create unnecessary complications for oneself". Harmony belongs to God but not man. Talent is the ability to comprehend God's harmony .   "Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild."  Dante Alighieri