Most of my friends are paint, draw, take photographs, sing, play music, write poetry, or plays some kind of sport.  They would all consider themselves some sort of artist in their own mind based on their skill level.. They often say things like  "I may not be the best but I still consider myself an artist because what I do means more to me than getting paid for it" and they say it's a part of them.

The only arrogant artist that I met was my 7th grade art teacher who constantly yelled at me about how sorry my art is and how I had no artistic talents and would never possess the ability to draw.  All of my life I enjoyed drawing up to that point.  From that point on I spent most of my life trying to erase the voice of her saying that. every time I picked up a pencil.  She wasn't horrible because she considered herself as an artist.  She was just a  horrible person regardless. She probably ate her own kids.  ha ha ha.

It wasn't until college where people would sit and watch me draw that it became clear to me that she lied and that there was probably something in her life that she hated and every time she saw me it reminded her of what she was lacking.

But that was the only bad person that said she was an Artist that I've met.