Art usually only makes the news in America when the subject is money.
Money is something that can be measured art is not. It's all subjective.
The forties seventies and the nineties when money was scarce were great periods when the art world retracted but it was also reborn.
It was Public Art defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money.
It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.
The sinews of art and literature like those of war are money.
I went into the business for the money and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark I can't help it. It's the truth.
Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.
One does not need buildings money power or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing and that is the place to train.
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.
In general the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.
I've never really had a hobby unless you count art which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.
In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up but I wasn't very good at it.
I've spent a lot of time and money trying to keep my anger in control.
Growing up in a particular neighborhood growing up in a working-class family not having much money all of those things fire you and can give you an edge can give you an anger.
George wrote Taxman and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money.
With so many amazing artists on one bill we expect this concert to be incredibly powerful in its ability to raise both money and awareness for the long-term rebuilding effort we must all support.
I basically left Texas with no money. I was making $3.50 working in some mall so I didn't have a lot of cash. I took $1 000 and headed to California. Along the way I stopped in Vegas because I had always wanted to see Caesar's Palace. So I stopped there and won $2 500 on a slot machine! It was amazing.
It doesn't take money to have style it just takes a really good eye. Sometimes you can find amazing culinary antiques that will make it feel like an old French kitchen.
I think Nina Simone has had an amazing journey. She was spicy and she had attitude and she didn't care she wanted her money in a paper bag and don't mess with me and I've been doing some research on that so.
As an actor to have achieved financial stability is amazing. But I always have this weird fear that I'm not going to get any more work it's about not having enough money.
It's amazing that no matter how much money you have you can make some bad decisions and in five months you're on the street begging.
You don't have a lot of time you have to get it right. It's amazing how they create these episodes in such a short amount of time. They lavish a lot of care and money on each episode and they just look terrific.
I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning four years were spent refining and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.