Do you have an opinion on art school?

I didn’t go to school past 1 year of high school (which I don’t realllly recommend) but that certainly colors my opinion on things.

 I do know a lot of people who seemed to have gotten good things from going to art schools. A lot of friends of mine went to SVA in NY & I had a great time years back when I got to talk at SCAD in Georgia.. (they have a teacher there who takes students to shoot machine guns–saying “that if you are going to draw them you should know how it feels to use one.”

I do feel like all the information is out there to learn about art and making art-without school- it seems like the main advantage of school is the community of peers that you could meet there. 

I don’t think I could have gotten away with the career I’ve had –or the life I’ve had if I owed debt to a school. I get to live cheaply and take only the jobs I want.