The artist should once and forever emancipate himself from the bondage of appearance.
The more an artist works the more there is to do.
Art is art. Everything else is everything else.
We all name ourselves. We call ourselves artists. Nobody asks us. Nobody says you are or you aren't.
As for a picture, if it isn't worth a thousand words, the hell with it.
Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.