I stole this.

I directly stole everything following the colon from my friend and fabulous artist Brian's blog without permission. I just loved it and wanted to share. He does cool things (like reading books of Van Gogh's letters) and designs things for me and our business which are wonderful. Thanks Brian:

I stumbled on this a while ago when reading a book of van Gogh's letters. i like it.

"[Anton] Mauve takes it amiss that I said, 'I am an artist,' which I won't take back, because it's self-evident that what that word implies is looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the very opposite of saying, 'I know all about it, I've already found it.' As far as I am concerned, the word means, 'I am looking, I am hunting for it, I am deeply involved.'"