Reading Books

I've long been a collector of art books, art books about paintings and art books about painting. The reason I collect art books is two fold. First, I enjoy looking at art that others have done and second, I enjoy reading about the lives of other artists either my contemporaries or those that have long since pasted this Earth. Each book I pick up gives me clues to how I either want to paint or a clue to a particular method or material. The problem is I find myself carrying them around without really reading or putting them under my pillow at night, I guess I do this in hopes that somehow by osmosis the words will process to my brain and will be forever more mine. Well, for me there is always hope.