WHAT IS AN ARTIST?

Many people think of an Artist as a person with certain pronounced gifts, and probably a careless and irresponsible nature - the so-called "Artistic Temperament." Others imagine that the word "artist" applies only to great performers.
Neither definition is correct. An Artist is he who always puts his very best work into whatever he does, and who never offers only his Second Best.
So everyone can be an Artist in his work, whether it is interesting work or dull work - whether it is at school or in an office or a factory. :-)
Every one of us can make our work artistic by doing it as perfectly as it can be done, and every one of us can make our work interesting by loving it as an Artist loves it. :-)