The Amateur Artist

The amateur artist will occasionally imagine a posthumous vindication of his work.

There is no greater sorrow for the amateur artist, than to glimpse the mediocrity of his own art.

It is a curse to lack the ability to express one’s art; the idea is strong but the ability to make real the idea is weak.

The amateur artist will convince himself that it was a lack of ambition and not talent which thwarted his artistic dreams.