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An artist is maybe not always having a normal life.

No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.

An artist never works under ideal conditions. If they existed, his work wouldn't exist, for the artist doesn't live in a vacuum. Some sort of pressure must exist. The artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect, as man wouldn't look for harmony but would simply live in it.

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

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

It's true that there are people who live the idea of being an artist, as opposed to the idea of making art.

So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially.