I am not speaking here of purveyors of commercial or popular ‘art,’ otherwise known as entertainers. Those persons can make as much money as they want, and indulge themselves as much as they like, and nothing of their talent is really lost, or put at risk. For the talent of an entertainer is technical, but while the talent of an artist is also technical, the source of it is spiritual. And when you seek a life of ease and pleasure, your spiritual reserves dry up.