According to T.S. Eliot’s essay "Tradition and the Individual Talent," what does he claim is essential to an artist's development?

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Ongoing growth and diversification of the artist's characterPersistent self-denial and the gradual disappearance of personal egoConstant evolution and change of the artist's identityContinuous alignment with historical artistic traditionsSteady enhancement of individual creative expression

Explanation

In "Tradition and the Individual Talent," Eliot emphasizes that the artist's progress involves a continual self-sacrifice, where the personal ego diminishes to allow for true artistic creation. This process is described as the extinction of personality rather than its expansion or transformation.