He rejected it because he was a sculptor and not a painter. Eventually he gave in and had to teach himself how to paint. A lot of artists were mentally ill, an

He rejected it because he was a sculptor and not a painter. Eventually he gave in and had to teach himself how to paint. A lot of artists were mentally ill, and took up painting as a form of therapy. In the USA they used to put the stupid with the smart in special schools and asylums for people with a mental illness. Once they changed that there are more disabled people now in society with a mental illness. http://petroleusesletter.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/why-are-there-so-many-more-disabled-people-now/ http://petroleusesletter.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/why-are-th...