Collage shortcuts

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I am currently reading David W. Galeson's : Old masters and young geniuses ,The two life cycles of artistic creativity. He distinguishes between conceptual artists (young geniuses)who"find" new ways of making art and experimental artists (old masters) who search for perfection their whole life long and make their best works rather late.
I must range myself under the second definition.
But here is a citation from Paul Valéry :
For any given artist, what does his work signify? A passion? A pleasure? A means, or an end? For some, it dominates life; for others, it is part of it. According to their natures, some will pass easily from one work to another, tear up or sell, and go on to something quite different; others, on the contrary, become obsessed, involved in endless revision, cannot give up the game, turn their backs on their gains and losses; like gamblers, they keep doubling the stakes of patience and determination.

Well, I feel concerned by the comparison with the gambler. I just cannot give up, completely hooked on my collage,
it’s an obsession and the more I am gluing, the more I feel compelled to do so, sacrificing social events, exhibitions, vernissages etc. Luckily, I feel compelled to play golf too, pulling me from my desk. But I don’t dream of travels, the dream is on my desk. Where does this lead me? I have not the slightest idea, living from one collage to another, obsessed with the idea of making more and more of them. Like a collage machine. (Till death or illness will do us part.

add.: I'm really not desperate about this. On the contrary: this categorization helps me to understand why I couldn't find my "way" at once . Velazquez painted his Meninas at the age of 57, that's quite late isn't it? I discovered collage in the 60ies and practiced it a lot, but I became really conscient about it when I was myself in the 60ies... And I feel free now to make my collages in every way I want to or can imagine. That's why I make so many of them and particularly this year.