I'm not sure there's any way to judge whether most great artists in history were "kind people" or not. We all have our short comings though and "feet of clay".

I'm not sure there's any way to judge whether most great artists in history were "kind people" or not. We all have our short comings though and "feet of clay". For all we know he may have wanted to be a better person, for whatever that means, but not been able to be any other way. He is not his artwork.