Most would argue with me and say it would be rejection- but I'd have to say that if you truly are an Artist then you'd only see it as a hindrance, and a motivation to work harder.
But for myself, the worse thing to happen apart from losing both my hands in some freak accident- would be plateauing. In which I would reach my limit when it comes to improvement, I fear that I shall come across my greatest masterpiece too early in my life and thus never top it. I remember reading a story about an artist who came to despise his greatest work so much that he was happy when by chance it had been destroyed, for he feared that he could never make anot