I wonder if someone could offer feedback about the use and meaning difference between the use of infinitive and gerund
- Being an artist is admitting you are lost and not wanting to be found.
- Being an artist is to admit you are lost and not want to be found.
- To be an artist is to admit you are lost and not want to be found.
- To be an artist is admitting you are lost and not wanting to be found.
As an English speaker, I would incline toward, To be an artist is to admit you are lost and not want to be found. as in to be poor is to be close to something! although in the sentence To be an artist is admitting you are lost and not wanting to be found. there seems to me to be an implied, like or akin, eg, to be an artist is like admitting. but I wonder if there is a subtler meaning or rule that I am missing! Thanks in advance for any pointers Richard
