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Somehow, the French got this idea of the starving artist. Very romantic, except it's not so romantic for the starving artist.

— David Lynch

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

In 19th-century France, artists were part of government. Artists are very sensitive to their time. They're very thoughtful people - it makes sense to hear what they have to say.

— Elizabeth Peyton

Romanticizing the act of writing or any other art is not very helpful to the artist or the art. It's much better if one simply does.

— Anne Roiphe

No matter what their background, the southern French are fascinated by food.

— Peter Mayle

There's nothing more romantic than Italian food.

— Elisha Cuthbert

Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!

— O. Henry

It's always great to have things from France at a wedding. It's symbolic of style, of culture, of taste.

— Andre Leon Talley

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.

— Max Eastman

✗Opposing Perspectives

I love 'Babette's Feast' because of the message in it - an artist will never be poor, and you can melt the coldest heart with love and passion.

— Colin Salmon

Whether you're starving in a garret or living in a castle like J. K. Rowling, I had this image of the author as a flawless, composed individual, serene in the knowledge they were creating art.

— Sarah Rees Brennan

I am, as they say, the classic starving artist.

— Cheryl Strayed