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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'The Disorder of Things' and 'Human, All Too Human'

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21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression
Artists are not especially passionate, but they pretend to be [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: Artists are by no means people of great passion, but they often pretend to be.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 211)
     A reaction: Presumably people can gradually become what they consistently pretend to be.