Absence Quote by Claude Monet

I am a famous artist. I make millions. But I frequently see debut shows of unknown artists with prices that are double of mine...…

— Mark Kostabi

For a long time, I kept working at part-time jobs... my goal was to build up enough savings so I wouldn't be kicked out…

— Janet Fish

It's hard to live just by selling paintings.

— Ben Eine

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I see more and more that my work goes infinitely better when I am properly fed, and the paints are there, and the studio…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I hope always to earn my living by my art without having ever deviated by even a hair's breadth from my principles... to please…

— Gustave Courbet

No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer.

— Chuck Close

I don't have a lot of pressure on myself to be successful. I'm more of an artist. I just try to make myself more…

— Dean Potter

I never had the sense of myself as an accomplished artist, and I always had to work three times as hard as anyone else…

— Toshiko Takaezu

Learn to trust yourself. That's very vital. ... Just stand with yourself. Remember, in his lifetime, Van Gogh sold only two paintings. I personally…

— Eric Idle

I sometimes wish I had never had to sell a painting. Every painting you make represents the time it was made and how you…

— Peter Doig

I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one…

— John Dyer