> The people who can make a living as an artist are a few dozen worldwide That's really hyperbolic and inaccurate. There are full-time artists in my family. T

> The people who can make a living as an artist are a few dozen worldwide That's really hyperbolic and inaccurate. There are full-time artists in my family. They personally know dozens of artists who make a living doing it, and that's only a tiny segment of the art world. The art world isn't enormous, but its certainly more than 10^-8 of the world's population, as you claim.