Quotes About Success

Art is all about becoming a name, a brand; it isn't based on talent or creativity.

If you leave your art, the world will beat you back to it. The world has not an ambition worth sharing, or a prize worth handling.

I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.

I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16. I think I have proved my ability in this field and it won't make sense for me to continue for another five or 10 years.

A lot of times your best sales rep, that A++ player, kills it on a regular basis...but can never describe how they do it. They look at sales as an art, not a science.

There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.

Art is a by-product of an honest and successful attempt to do something well.

Greatness in art is always a by-product.

Somebody said us artists have trouble with success because art is derived from struggle. I disagree with that, because truely doing your art is success, whether you make money from it or not.

I knew my ticket out of the suburbs was art school, so I worked really hard to develop my portfolio and get a scholarship.

Works of Art can only be produc'd in Perfection where the Man is either in Affluence or is Above the Care of it.

I never thought, "I'm going to be an artist". When I actually began to become successful in the art world I made it a point to say, 'I am a dilettante, I am not a professional artist", which is true.

we know the art of success; never forget

I do believe - and I know I shouldn't - that art transcends money and success and any of that. You can still do it if you're not clinging to the notion of nobility.

Death means a lot of money, honey. Death can really make you look like a star.

I'm fully aware had I stayed with my art, I would be well known, respected and most likely rich.

Only in art can you make something that no one wants and still be considered successful.

Fortune or fame, you must pick one or the other, though neither of them are to be what they claim.

Jackass millionaires, hey, hey, Hollywood, here we come.

In fact, the first piece of art I ever sold, I paid someone else to make the next one, so I could actually keep going out drinking.

I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him.

What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out of it?

When art wins, everyone wins.

Being rich and famous seems to have its ups and downs. That's the price you pay for being troubadours and clowns.