But if they have to ask me whether or not they are an artist, they probably can't be one. Being an artist is more a state of being. You can't get pronounced one in order to achieve that status. Maybe, if you are busy being an artist, someone will call you one, and then you can tell other people that bit of gossip, but the simple fact of them saying it doesn't make you more of an artist, and the lack of anything said by anyone doesn't make you less of an artist. Too many artists concentrate on being recognized as an artist, and they spend too little time being an artist.
Some artists sign their work large.
Some artists don't sign their work at all. It is hard to believe there are some individuals, human beings, who don't have their own opinion. Tell me who to vote for. Please think for me. It is absurd.