What is Artistic Integrity?

What is the meaning of artistic integrity and why is the word integrity so different in the arts? What's the incentive for becoming a true artist?

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Even in an almost dying state, subconsciously we yearn towards the warmth of comfort, an innate sense that lurks within every life form. The exterior, although seemingly harsh, only serves to embellish the facade that protects the delicate succulent interior. I lay dormant, I scream patience, I await...