Where in the world am I today?: Oklahoma City, OK, USA
“Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.”
–Frank Zappa, US musician, singer, & songwriter (1940 – 1993)
Addendum…
“Convincing people to buy it, that’s perhaps the trickiest part of the craft”
–David ‘checkerhead’ Aiken
I distinctly remember my Aunt Jean (who used to own an art gallery) telling me once that Picasso was a better salesman than he was an artist. His contributions to the art world were many, but his ability to sell his work allowed him to live a very comfortable lifestyle. Sometimes I worry too much about the sales pitch and not enough about the ‘Art.’ In the end though, by convincing enough people to buy in to the something from nothing that I’m selling, the more chances I have of exploring different sorts of nothing in the hopes of creating more interesting somethings… Well at least more interesting to me.
