Through A Glass Darkly

"I am lord of my own realm,
Which is quite small and very poor.
I am an artist!
An artist of the purest kind.
A poet with no poems,
A painter with no paintings...
A musician with no notes.
I scorn the completed work of art,
The banal result of vulgar efforts.
My life is my work,
And it is devoted to my love for you!"

- The character of Minus from the movie with the above title, by Ingmar Bergman.