I don't buy art just to make artists happy any more than I want to make them sad if I sell their work.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't buy art to put away somewhere. I buy art to appreciate, enjoy, and live with. It's supposed to add to your life.
But, when I had this feeling and started painting sacred art, as I had this feeling to do, then it come to me: my problem is I'll get a lot of criticism and another problem is my work's not good enough to sell.
People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.
It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent need. The salesperson builds the need in the mind of the buyer.
Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.
People don't buy and sell art based on the personality of the artist. Or there wouldn't be much art bought and sold.
I'm one of those people who thinks you can have a happy life and still be an artist.
I don't believe in selling art by transparencies. Art is a firsthand experience.
Real artists take the misery and sadness of life and translate it into art.
I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.