May 3, 2004
Holub on playing the role of artist
Here's something written by Czech poet Miroslav Holub that mirrors how I frequently feel:
"I have stated repeatedly that a person is an artist only when he is actually creating his little piece of work, his small artistic performance. The rest of the time, as a rule he only pretends to be an artist, or displays certain associated artistic characteristics such as restlessness, hypochondria, sloppy dress, unbridled temperament, clumsiness, and sentimentality."
(Quote and associated link originally found via Golden Rule Jones.)