“There is something about the unexpected that moves us. As if the whole of existence is paid for in some way, except for that one moment, which is free.” IfsWayWholeMomentsMovingExistencePaidUnexpected Book:Sacred Country Source: Sacred Country
“Where do you put a form? It will move all around, bellow out and shrink, and sometimes it winds up where it was in the first place. But at the end it feels different, and it had to make the voyage. I am a moralist and cannot accept what has not been paid for, or a form that has not been lived through.” FeelsFirstsDifferentEndsSometimesMovingFormAcceptingWindPaidShrinksVoyagesMoralist Book:Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations Source: Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations
“I had no idea what to expect moving to New York. It's embarrassing to say, but I didn't even realize that people bought contemporary art... that people actually paid for it... I know that's really dumb. I was really naive. I had no idea artists made money.” PeopleKnowsArtMadeIdeasMovingArtistRealizingMoneyNew YorkPaidContemporaryDumbNo IdeaEmbarrassingNaiveContemporary ArtReally Dumb Author:Wade Guyton
“What actually happened was that Rolling Stone paid me fifteen hundred dollars for the use of all the drawings - about twenty four of them - and then offered to buy the originals from me, which my agent urged 'was a good move!'. He sold the whole damn treasure trove to Jann Wenner for the princely sum of sixty dollars per drawing. I rue the day I let him convince me.” WholeUseMovingFourHappenedHundredStonesPaidTwentiesOriginalsDollarsDrawingTreasureAgentsDamnConvinceSixtyFifteenRollingRolling StonesRue Author:Ralph Steadman
“Think it's so unfair when people think that you're not a "real artist" unless you're getting paid for it....I personally know so many poets that work a 9 to 5 in a cubicle and come home and write poetry. Their poetry is just as powerful and moving as anything that I've ever written, if not more.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWritingRealHomeMovingArtistPowerfulWrittenPoetPaidPoetry IsComing HomeUnfairReal ArtistsCubicles Author:Sarah Kay