An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.
Source: The Mirror of the Sea, ch. 9, 1906.
-- Joseph Conrad, (Dec 3 1857-1924), Polish novelist, short-story writer; He was considered a master of English prose, e.g., Lord Jim, 1900 and Heart of Darkness, 1902.