Artist and Observer

How art is viewed through the perspective of the artist or the observer is a subject that we tend to keep returning to. An observer can often have many different ideas what something can be, some very off course than what the actual work of art is. In class today we discussed that we as observers often want to fill in any blanks ourselves, however this can distort a meaning. Therefore when possible it is best to get the artists interpretation. Do you think that misinterpretation of certain works of art primarily applies to abstract or do you think it can go into other categories as well?