If the paying public demands naturalistic art, then an artist can use his skills to produce such pictures - but these are to be clearly distinguished from the artist's own art.

The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel.

The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.

Piet Mondrian

The Artist's Way A Spiritual Path to Greater Creativity by Julia Cameron

Just as pure abstract art is not dogmatic, neither is it decorative.

I wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arrive at the fundamental quality of objects.

Experience was my only teacher; I knew little of the modern art movement. When I first saw the works of the Impressionists, van Gogh, van Dongen, and Fauves, I admired it. But I had to seek the true way alone.