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“We sell books, other people sell shoes. What's the difference? Publishing isn't the highest art.”

People Art Book Differences Highest Sells Shoes Selling Publishing

Author:Michael Korda

“One clear difference between art and commercial work is that commercial work is exploitive: the work may be high quality but the intention is to sell product or tickets. Art exists with or without ticket sales.”

May Art Differences Quality Clear Products Sells Intention Tickets High Quality

Book:Push Comes to Shove

Source: Push Comes to Shove

“The biggest difference between me and other artists out there is that they'll put anything out to sell a record or sell a ticket.”

Artist Differences Records Sells Tickets

Author:Corey Taylor

“I don't run a non-profit. There are lots of non-profits in America - in Detroit, parts of Wall Street, etc. I run a not for profit. We're a business. The only difference is that instead of selling soap or sneakers, we sell hope and leadership.”

Running America Differences Streets Wall Sells Profit Selling Etc Soap Detroit Sneakers Non Profit

Author:Nancy Lublin

“Of course, you don't have to have a degree to be rich. You just have to have ideas. Maybe having a degree sets you back, for it stuffs you into tick-tock [the daily grind of work], and perhaps that stifles your creative mind. But the fact is that many millionaires have few educational qualifications of any kind at all. However, they still have knowledge. The difference is, they have knowledge they can sell, and others have the "common knowledge" of tick-tock, which isn't worth as much, if anything at all.”

“He'd once heard a story about a monastery on the top of some mountain in Japan or somewhere. After a long trek in the cold to get there, the monks would offer to sell you a cup of coffee. You had a choice: There was a two-dollar cup - or a two-hundred- dollar cup. When pressed to explain the difference, the monks were reported to say, 'A hundred and ninety-eight dollars.'”

Long Two Stories Choices Differences Heard Cold Offers Mountain Hundred Sells Dollars Eight Coffee Cups Japan Ninety Monk Coffee Cup Monasteries Ninety Eight

Author:Steve Perry

“I think there is a huge difference between writers who have very big sales, and writers who have small sales. Even writers with very high reputations, even Nobel prize winners, often sell in very low figures.”

Thinking Bigs Differences Figures Huge Lows Sells Reputation Winner Prize Nobel Nobel Prize Nobel Prize Winners

Author:Kazuo Ishiguro