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I'm not sure I'm following you. Are you saying that artists [or people] creating art for non-commercial purposes aren't really artists? That seems a little si

• Tycho 15y ago
  No, but let's just say that it's like anything else, eg. being a programmer. Doing art for a living isn't some transcendent activity compared to making your living doing any other sort of job. If you're good, people will pay you; if you do it for free, people will take it. If you're bad, people wont pay you any attention (or money).
  • r0s 15y ago
    Ah, the myth of meritocracy. Not in the art world, where tastes are subjective in extreme. Life ain't fair. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis
  • blhack 15y ago
    <sarcasm> Nobody ever created anything good without being paid for it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux </sarcasm>
    • Tycho 15y ago
      That was nowhere in my statement.