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I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work at my art.

My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a job down. That's what it was driven by for sure.

My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.

I want my whole life to be a great work of art, not just my art. And that means paying attention to my entire life and trying to make sure my whole life is balanced.

To live as an artist requires hard work or some extraordinary good fortune to come your way.

I hate to sound like a romantic adolescent, but I believe artists don't generally see art as a career choice; they simply can't overcome their desire to make art, and will live on little income for as long as they have to, before they start to sell their work - or give up and get a paying job.

I want to be able to manipulate and control my career from the creative side.

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.

I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living.

I'm not driven by money and I'm not driven by career.