Also Quote by Edward Ruscha

There was no hope for any kind of big opportunity. I'm not saying it was hopeless. The big pay-off was to work as an…

— Edward Ruscha

I was getting paid for my art, because I was always an under-achiever.

— Carson Ellis

Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.

— Linus Torvalds

For me, being an artist was a thing that, like, rich people in New York and L.A. and Paris and Rome did. It wasn't…

— Cord Jefferson

People see owning a gallery as a way to get rich. I never thought that I could get rich in the art world. I…

— Arne Glimcher

I always had a fairly decent income, coming in just from the art.

— Robert Barry

Art is only worth what people will pay for it. Artists do not get paid by the hour.

— Jack White

My dad went to art school when I was one. They scraped and continued scraping, because artists, as we all know, don't earn a…

— Mark Bonnar

Art was not created as a way to riches. Strive to become a true artist; all else will take care of itself.

— Robert Schumann

For artists it's a lot easier to make art in bad times than it is in good times. When you've got no money it's…

— Damien Hirst

I do think I paid a price as an artist, and I am trying to make up for it now - I work six…

— Michael Craig-Martin

I didn't make any money out of my art until I was in my 40s, but it preserved my sanity and my freedom.

— Cornelia Parker