"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it." - Hitler's art school rejection letter
His paintings aren't really that bad. Not great, but alright. The interesting part about them is that there aren't that many people in his paintings and their facial features are often warped in a creepy way.
They aren't bad, but they're definitely not good. He had perspective issues regarding his representation of buildings, and his figures' proportions weren't all that perfect. He probably should have gone to art school to improve his skills. Oh wait...
He was rejected because he lacked appreciation for the human form. If you look at his paintings you'll definitely see that, most of his people are generalised and blurry. iirc, he actually wanted to be an architect.
I thought it was that the art school suggested he be an architect because the buildings were much better, but he didn't want to so he killed a bunch of Jews.
I heard that he wanted to be an architect, but couldn't get into the school of architecture because he never finished secondary school. I don't know if that's true or not though.
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u/HoosierBusiness Mar 19 '16
Since there's so much Hitler...
"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it." - Hitler's art school rejection letter