Ways of Expressing Opinions
There are a lot of ways of expressing your own or somebody else´s opinion. To express what you think and feel about a particular thing, you can also use the following phrases:
I think that/ I don´t think that
I think that the sculpture piece combines too many different materials.
In my opinion/ in my view
In my opinion the artist used such a topic as to shock the audience.
I would figure that
I would figure that he never sold a piece.
I feel/ I don´t feel
I would say that/ I wouldn´t say that
I feel that there should be something more than a perfect design. I would say the concept is kind of weak.
I believe/ I don´t believe that
I believe he could choose a different media for this theme.
As I see it…
As I see it there was no other way of making such a complex thing.
It seems to me/ It doesn´t seem to me…
It seems to me that she was under a strong influence of her teacher.
From my point of view….
From my point of view this is not art, it is a kitschy thing worth nothing.
Personally, I think/ I don´t think
Personally, I think he is just making fun out of people and art theoreticians.
When other people express their opinions you can react in the following way:
I agree./ I don´t agree.
I think so too./ I don´t think so either.
I hope so./ I hope not.
That is just what I was thinking/ It is not exactly what I was thinking.
I am sure that / I am not sure that…
It is true./ It isn´t true.
What he means/ what she wants to say is that…..
What he means is that she never worked in more media than just painting. And he is right (he is not right. I agree/ I don´t agree).
Some people say/ think that -
Some people think that he was the first to use large photography and installation at the same time. But I don´t agree ( it is not true/ I don´t think so/ I am not sure).
It is said/ thought that
He is thought by many theoreticians to be the first one who started assembling found objects and calling them art. And I agree (I think so too/ this is what I was thinking/ I am sure of it/ It is true).