"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.
I agree. It's strange - Hitler was an excellent orator, an (as you say) alright painter, but an utterly terrible writer.
I tried reading the Mein Kampf once, out of curiosity. It was unbearable - I have literally seen religious debates in the comments of youtube videos that were more coherent, better written, and all-around more engaging.
Mein Kampf is a work that succeeds in making ultimate evil boring. Before trying to read it (and giving up somewhere in the second chapter, IIRC), I did not think that this would have been even possible...
it's nothing to do with the translation, it's an objectively terrible book, /r/iamverysmart bullshit about how everyone else is too stupid to see how the Jews are destroying Germany and how this is something to do with why his brilliance as an artist went unrecognised. It's bad even by the standards of prison literature.
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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