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I paint for myself. I don't know how to do anything else, anyway. Also I have to earn my living, and occupy myself.
Francis Bacon
Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave.
Constantin Brancusi
You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you. You are right because your data and reasoning are right.
Warren Buffett
All my life I have worked to be able to earn my living, but I thought that one could do good painting without attracting attention to one's private life. Certainly, an artist wishes to raise himself intellectually as much as possible, but the man must remain obscure. The pleasure must be found in the work.
Paul Cezanne
The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.
Thomas Edison
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
Henry Ford
I am rather like a travelling salesman. I deal in ideas. I do much more for people than just paint them pictures.
Martin Kippenberger
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
Michelangelo
The most common money-related mistake artists make is a reluctance to invest in their own careers.
Caroll Michels
There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work.
Robert de Niro
People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top..
Margaret Thatcher
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry.I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
Donald Trump
We are no longer collecting art, we are buying individuals.
Rene Ricard
Why do people think artists are special? It's just another job.
Andy Warhol
Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.
Andy Warhol

Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.
Andy Warhol

Death means a lot of money, honey. Death can really make you look like a star.

Andy Warhol
An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.
James McNeill Whistler
Promotion and perception are synonymous twins of art marketing.
Jack White