Say what?!?

I have been wrong about a lot of things lately, it's as if my knowledge is diminishing. Where is it all going to? Am I getting old already? How can I plan on a career in Academia if I have no knowledge. My supervisors and art history colleagues keep telling me - "No one will know more about your groups than you by the time you finish" is that true? I question my knowledge and interpretations over and over all the time. Did they actually intend it this way, did they see political art this way, did they consider themselves political, am I reading too much into it, will I actually know everything???? My head is about to explode!

I had a very interesting conversation or discussion with two PhDs today, about what art actually is - and they were wondering if I was gonna tackle it in my thesis...seriously people that question, the 'what is art' problem, is way too generic and open ended to fit into my thesis. It is a thesis in itself - and I love that sweet 'problem', I always have. Five years ago when faced with an undergraduate dissertation I considered whether or not I could grasp it...I decided against it in the end. Not because I was scared, but because it was too big a job for an undergraduate thesis of only 15.000 words. I told myself one day I would have the courage and ambition to do it, to try to answer that question that everyone asks you as an art historian or artist. I still don't have more of an idea about it, however, I have during the coffee-break today found myself a base for my argument, somewhere to start. The creative idea and the conceptualising of that idea is the basis of all artistic endeavours - in my humble opinion. And yes I believe everyone could be an artist, yet so few will.