Does it downplay the difficulty? As an artist, I appreciate the statement because it reminds me to appropriately scope what tiers of “success” can mean. I hav

Does it downplay the difficulty? As an artist, I appreciate the statement because it reminds me to appropriately scope what tiers of “success” can mean. I have zero illusions about the ease of convincing 1000 people to trade their money for works I’ve produced. But 1000 people is a small enough number that I can conceive of in my minds eye and then plan concrete steps to try to make it happen.