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Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age
Jeff Goins • 3 highlights
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How to Make a Living as an Artist
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When you wait, you lose momentum. And momentum is incredibly powerful because when you’re inspired, you act—and you do it with enthusiasm.
Erifili Gounari • literally just do things
By their very nature, artists lead a solitary life. Their art education rarely, if ever, teaches them anything about running their business, or emotionally surviving the solitude and hard work.
Povey has some suggestions based upon 50 years of doing nothing other than this.
Become good at... See more
edwardpoveyinstagram.comSam Harris once said, about smoking weed, that everyone he knows who smokes weed would benefit from smoking less, and everyone he knows who doesn’t smoke weed would benefit from smoking more. I feel the same way about the pursuit of self-knowledge. If you’ve never looked within, you should probably start. But if you look within all the time, maybe... See more
max nuss • The False Promise of Understanding Yourself
The appropriate amount of effort is zero
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People need to eat and pay the rent. “An amateur is an artist who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint,” said artist Ben Shahn. “A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint.” Whether an artist makes money off his work or not, money has to come from somewhere, be it a day job, a wealthy spouse, a trust
... See moreAustin Kleon • Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
Being an artist