In this brief interview with Rufino Blanco Fombona in the Cuban magazine, Revista de Avance, he is presented with the 4 specific survey questions that support the larger theme question of identity, “Que debe ser el arte Americano?” (What should be considered American Art). Fombona then addresses each question separately, and the answers are numbered so that the reader can follow. To the first question “Do you believe that the American artist should reveal a preoccupation with America?” he responds that he believes that the American artist should reveal a concern in an American inspiration in their work. (He also states how he isn’t addressing the “yankees” while mentioning America). To the second question, “Do you believe that americanidad is a question of optics, of content, or of medium?” Fombona says that he believes that the literal meaning of americanidad is a question of knowing how to see, how to feel, knowing how to meditate and how to successfully express it, but most importantly, like in everything, to be sincere. The third question is, “Do you believe in the possibility of common characteristics shared by the art of all of the nations of our Americas?” to which Fombona responds yes. There are common characteristics in literature and, in general, in the art of the different towns of hispanoamericanos, and that within a big, and fortunate, variety, he says. He then continues to explain that he who knows how to read, does not confuse an American book, wherever it is from, with another book that is not from America. “I speak, of course, of books and authors of excellence.” That last question “What should the American artist’s attitude towards Europe be?” Fombona responds – The attitude of the American artist in regards to everything European must be a profound contempt for everything that is despicable, indifference for what deserves it, and study, respect and admiration for what is worthy of such sentiments.