The artist tried to put the best face on the situation.

I ask because it's not the first time a major artist has tried this.

I'm not saying that artists are always trying to get some sort of deep message across.

I thought artists were trying to speak to the whole of society not just the rich.

Many other artists who saw his work tried to have the same emotional quality.

Of course I'm not saying artists shouldn't test and try different forms; they always have.

"These artists are trying new forms that haven't been put together before."

Few artists, indeed, have tried to leave so little to the imagination.

The artist sadly is trying to do and say too much.

Younger artists are trying to make themselves part of a history that never included them.