Artists attempt to create great art everyday. However, this is not always accomplished. Some artists experience difficulty deciding what to create. Sometimes art cannot be created just from a thought, it needs to be from a feeling and understanding . After reading Letters to a Young Artist by Anna Deavere Smith I learned that great art can be tricky to create, but empathy and knowledge can make it easier. People might argue that empathy and knowledge are not needed because they may feel that creativity is enough. However, both knowledge and empathy have the power to create art with special meaning. This is known because Smith explains it in Letters to a Young Artist when she wrote, “Well, I believe that fundamental to becoming an artist is