“Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.”
Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
Zen Masters : The Wisdom of Frank Zappa (2003)
“Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.”
Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
Zen Masters : The Wisdom of Frank Zappa (2003)
“Take care to sell your horse before he dies.
The art of life is passing losses on.”
Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet
"The Ingenuities of Debt
1940s
Robert Fulghum (1937) American writer
Introduction to the Art gallery at his website (2006) http://robertfulghum.com/index.php/fulghumweb/artshowentry/introduction2/ <br class="br">Context: I don't do art to address other people but to address myself. I've never done art with a thought of being a professional artist who makes a living by selling his art. I've never had a commercial show in a gallery. I suppose I'm like those who write poetry or songs without seeking publication. I make art in and for the experience itself — to satisfy a need to express myself in a creative, colorful, non-verbal way.
“Very few people know why art sells so high. I don’t even know.”
Ai Weiwei (1957) Chinese concept artist
Ai Weiwei, interview in “ Change http://www.pbs.org/art21/watch-now/episode-change,” Episode 1, Season Six, Art: 21—Art in the Twenty-First Century, PBS, April 2012. <br class="br">2010-, 2012
W. H. Auden book The Dyer's Hand
"Postscript: Christianity & Art", p. 461
The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays (1962)
“I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in hell
I am a hustler, baby, I'll sell water to a well”
Jay-Z (1969) American rapper, businessman, entrepreneur, record executive, songwriter, record producer and investor
U Don't Know
The Blueprint (2001)
“The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.”
Mickey Spillane (1918–2006) American writer