Artists Are "Different"?

[Timothy C. Tyler]

Maybe. But I've found other occupations to be more consistent, like: librarians with no sense of humour, auto parts salepeople that act all-knowing, coaches that are indelicate and loud, fabric salespeople that are dull...

The artists I know that actually call painting their job are reliable professionals. The Van Gogh and Picasso types exist mostly in the movies and coffee shops, although the press loves the act. I think artists are like everyone else only more so.

Don't forget nowadays singers are artists, tattooist are artists, interior designers are artists. As I hear it, everyone is now an artist except illustrators.