In his masterwork, ”Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry”, Jacques Maritain discusses the relationship between art and morality. The former concerns the good of the work while the latter concerns the good of the person. He then goes on to offer some brief remarks about the part that immoral behavior may play in the life of artists because they may come to recognize the positive impact that yielding to their ”cherished demon” may have on their art, as they sacrifice their moral life for the aesthetic good of their work. Thus, Maritain writes, the artist may ”endeavor to ”taste all of the fruits and silts of the earth”, and will make curiosity or recklessness in any new moral experiment... his supreme moral virtue, in order to feed his art.” (Emphasis added.) Reflection on this stereotypical artistic behavior raises some intriguing questions about human nature and the relationship between art and morality. In this paper, I inquire about 1) the intricacies, depth, and subtleties of Maritain's understanding of human nature. 2) Why the creative artist is so frequently attracted to sensually stimulating yet morally questionable behaviors. 3) Following Maritain, I caution against being too eager to pass moral judgment or condemnation upon the artist. And yet, when it comes to judgments about moral guilt or innocence, I also argue that we must guard against the idea that artists are judged differently than the rest of us. In this paper, I address these questions and more by making essential distinctions and by exploring a number of Maritain's texts, including ”Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry”.