from savvy painter podcast Julyan davis
https://savvypainter.com/podcast/personal-art-julyan-davis/
antes asks Julyan Davis if he would paint if he knew that no one would every see his work
JD replies no – he cites the instance when s a child your work gets no tired and people begin to comment positively on it and thats when he decided he was going to paint (very like me)
this correlates with terror management – not specifically to do with art just with any human activity that you get positive response to.