"The dilettante has no personal temperament, since he objects to nothing and likes everything. "Whoever has no personal temperament has no talent." "Then," rejoined Des Hermies, putting on his hat, "an author who boasts of being a dilettante, confesses by that very thing that he is no author?" "Exactly."
Dilettante = fancy word for artist. TL;DR: artists with no strong opinions can't be good authors. Interesting observation.
