What distinguishes the Great from the very technically accomplished?

[Bianca Berends]

What makes an artist great?

1. One of the things great artists of the past have in common, is that they where ahead of their time with their art. They where avant-garde: in front of the masses. These days the question if you can still speak of avant-garde, is open to discussion because

[Tom Edgerton]

Soul.

[Bianca Berends]

Heart and soul... a lot of artists have that, but they are not all great...even if they are technically skilled.