Quote - ...Why do you dislike the term "Artist" so much?

Have you ever met someone who regards himself or herself as an Artist? :lol:

If I may, Sam, I think this is all about self-perception. People do innocently (i.e., without guile or pretension) refer to themselves as "artists" - as opposed to technicians or mathematicians or clinicians - but too many then claim some sort of "Licence" on that basis and that just plain tastes bad.
I'm guessing Sam's in the UK... being seen as "pretentious" is right down there with pompous or bourgeois or having halitosis: people tend to cringe. Learnt all that here in Oz (I'm from California most recently: "ten years ago" recently), which subscribes to much of the same standards.

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Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen
[it is clear that humans have contempt for that which they do not understand] 

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