Art is for the elite because it has a very high price-point of entry. And when one is in that social strata, they look down at illustrators because they just draw things directly for a few hundred dollars and that's seen as being a bit grubby. Galleries allow artists to stay relatively divorced from the financial aspects of their trade. I am lucky because I do fine art, and that is half of my living. And then illustration provides the other half.
Molly CrabappleMaybe you shouldn't be working as a jailer in Guantรกnamo. Maybe that's why you feel spiritually unhealthy.
Molly CrabappleBut the thing about proving things? Your jaggedness just goads you on โ it makes you sharper and harder. It gives you swagger.
Molly CrabappleRejection is inevitable. Let it hit you hard for a moment, feel the hurt, and then move on.
Molly CrabappleI didn't want to be beholden to one person. So I did something where I had hundreds of people who backed the work. I could just do work, and since a lot of people were interested in it, I wasn't beholden to any particular one of them.
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