Are you actually saying "Be satisfied with the hill before you....don't bother with the mountains?" Are you saying is better to get drunk then to have dreams? The ability to appreciate Van Gogh does not pre-suppose an inability to enjoy the fingerpainting of a kindergarden class. Indeed, I think your experience of that becomes richer as well. Paraphrasing (as I can not find the exact quote; "There is nothing wrong with being average. There is even less wrong with being excellent."