Survey

What is your favorite color?

Green

How important is the appearance or design of the following products in your decision to purchase the product?

new car:       not very    

underwear:         not very     

tv set:           not very     

winter coat:       very      

What is your 2nd favorite color?

Blue

"When you select pictures, photographs, or other pieces of art for your home, do you find you lean more toward modern or more toward traditional styles?"

traditional

"If you had to choose from the following list, which type of art would you say you prefer?"

American

Which of the following statements applies to you more?

"When choosing pictures, photographs, or other art for my home, I focus on whether or not I like the piece"

Would you say you prefer older objects or newer objects to collect or decorate you home?

older objects

"Would you say that you prefer seing paintings of wild animals, like lions, giraffes, or deer, or that you prefer seeing paintings of domestic animals, like dogs, cats or other pets?"

wild animals

"In general, would you rather see paintings of outdoor scenes or would you rather see paintings of indoor scenes?"

outdoors

Which of the following outdoor scenes appeals to you the most?

Paintings of:

forests

Which season would you most like to see depicted in a painting?

spring

Which of the following types of indoor scenes appeals to you most?

still life paintings of/domestic scenes with:

people

Do you tend to prefer paintings that are related to religion or those that are not related to religion?

both

Which of the following statements is closest to your view?

"Paintings don't necessarily have to teach us any lessons, but can just be something a person likes to look at."

Which of the following statements is closest to your view?

"I prefer paintings that are realistic-looking: the more they resemble a photograph, the better"

"Do you prefer paintings that exaggerate the dimensions or reality of objects we already know, or ones that feature imaginary objects which have no connection to everyday life?"

uhh dont know

"Do you prefer seeing bold, stark designs or more playful, whimsical designs?"

why not both?

Do you tend to favor paintings with sharp angles or ones with soft curves?

how bout sharp curves and soft angles

"Which patterns do you like better: geometric patterns or more random uneven patterns?"

geometriclly uneven patterns

"Do you like to see expressive brush-strokes on the canvas, or do you prefer that the surface of the canvas be smooth, more like a photograph?"

smooth but still with brush strokes

Do you like to see colors blend into each other or do you like it when different colors are kept apart?

depends on the painting

"Every color has a wide range of shades. Take the color blue, for example. An artist can use a bright, vibrant shade of blue, like a royal blue, a pale, muted shade of blue, like light blue, or a darker tone of blue, like dark or midnight blue. In general, which would you say that you prefer? when the artist uses more vibrant shades, paler shades, or darker shades of color?"

all of them

"In general, do you enjoy paintings that have a more serious or a more festive mood?"

festive is good

"And how about the painting itself - do you like it to be busy and contain lots of people or objects, or do you like it to be as simple as possible?"

busy but with simple details

How about the size of paintings: do you prefer larger paintings or smaller paintings?

depends on the apartment

larger

smaller

dishwasher size

full-size refridgerator

full wall

"19"" television"

a magazine

paperback book

"Some paintings are of famous historical figures and others are of more ordinary people. Do you generally prefer paintings of famous people, or ones of more ordinary paintings."

ordinary people

"If you prefer famous people, do you prefer figures from a long time ago, like Lincoln or Jesus, or more recent figures, like John F. Kennedy or Elvis Presley?"

are you suggesting elvis is the new jesus?

"Do you prefer paintings which are predominantly of children, of women, or of men, or doesn't it matter?"

what the hell kinda question is that?! Yes.

"Thinking back to the paintings of people that you have like in the past, for the most part were the figure working, at leisure, or were they posed portraits?" 

working

"Which do you think you like better, a painting of one person or of a group of people?"

groups of people

"And from what you've seen, would you say that you prefer paintings in which the person or people are nude, partially clothed or fully clothed?"

clothed appropriate to the piece

If you were given the choice of a gift - a sum of money or a piece of art that you genuinely like and which was of equal value to the money, which would you choose?

probably money, i make art

Which one of the following would be most important to you in deciding how much money you would spend on a painting?

the degree to which you like the painting

What is the most amount of money you would consider spending on a piece of art you really like?

depends on my income

"For each of the following names, indicate if your impressions of that artist's work are very favorable, favorable, or very unfavorable. Some of these artists are not very well known, so if you have never heard of someone, or don't know enough about their work to have an opinion, just say so."

Pablo Picasso fav

Norman Rockwell fav

Jackson Pollock fav

Salvador Dali fav

Leroy Neiman dunno

Claude Monet fav

Rembrandt very fav

Andy Warhol fav

Georgia O'Keefe fav

"If you could pick one type of person you'd most enjoy having dinner with, would you choose an artist, a television or movie actor, an author, or a sports star?"

how bout a musician?

"How often, on average, would you say that you go to art museums - more than two times a year, one or two times a year, less than once a year, or not at all?

1 or 2

The following are some reasons people have given in the past as to why they do not go to art museums more often. For each reason, please tell whether it is a major reason why you do not go to musuems more often, a minor reason, or not a reason at all:

1. there is not an art museum in my area:     not a reason

2. I do not have enough spare time: major 

3. I don't feel comfortable in art museums because I don't know alot about art:    not a reason

4. the cost of admission is too expensive: major 

5. I simply don't enjoy looking at art:    not a reason

Would you favor or oppose spending more money in federal taxes than we do on the arts?

hell spend more im already paying for crap i dont care about, and itll go up anyway

Some works of art are displayed in public places. Do you think that average citizens should or should not have a say in determining which works of art are appropriate to be displayed in public?

people should have a say, doesnt mean itll count

"When it comes to most political issues, do you think of yourself as a liberal, a conservative, or a moderate? If moderate, do you think of yourself as being closer to being liberal or being conservative?" moderately moderate

Which of the following income categories includes your total family income in 1992 before taxes?

low very low

What is your gender? male

1. Do you think that your answers  are similar or different from most Americans? In what ways are they similar, and different? Probably different from most people, as not many people would give the kind of smart ass answers i give.

2. Which questions do you think  would be the most helpful if  one was using market research to design new paintings for sale? What questions would you ask differently, or leave out entirely? size, leave out the favorite color stuff and design questions

3. Would this work? Why or why not? itd help a bit but peoples tastes very so much its hard to plug a specific area. it could help with some production but theres gonna be a market for anything people make, just as there is no limit to the type of things made