"why do you paint? for exactly the same reason i breathe. that’s not an answer. there isn’t any..."

“why do you paint?
for exactly the same reason i breathe.
that’s not an answer.
there isn’t any answer.
how long hasn’t there been any answer?
as long as i can remember.
and how long have you written?
as long as i can remember.
i mean poetry.
so do i.”

- e.e. cummings