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There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, 'Hey, let's just make money,' because it doesn't work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it.

Art is a sense of magic.

Art is often valuable precisely because it isn't a sensible way to make money.

Art is a deception that creates real emotions - a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception, it becomes magic.

Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.

Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.

I love making money, but you can't live your life waiting to get rich in a job that no longer feeds you artistically.

Many young artists, they look at the art world and think they can make a lot of money.

Like every art form, there are jealousies and angers and competitiveness in magic. But there's camaraderie among magicians, whether you perform it for a living or you're an enthusiast.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.