1 | ->There were days you didn't eat. There were nights when you cruised the pubs for barfly hags in their 50s - not for the sex but for a place to sleep. You suffered for your art by peddling your ass, by scoring underage tail for directors and by [[AmbitionIsEvil ruthlessly cutting loose anyone who didn't have what you needed to succeed]]. People put you onstage because they owed you one, because they were tired of telling you no, or because [[{{Blackmail}} they were afraid of what you might tell their spouse]]... but once you were onstage, they couldn't deny it. You had talent, you had energy, you had ''[[MasterActor stage presence]]!'' |
2 | -->-- '''Thespian Spy,''' ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Clanbook: Toreador (Revised)'' |
3 | |
4 | ->'''Artist:''' I want to devote my life to ''ART'' \ |
5 | '''Artwork:''' you also need money to live \ |
6 | '''[[GraveHumor Artist's tombstone]]:''' '''[-[[RunningGag OH NO]]-]''' |
7 | -->-- ''Webcomic/WebcomicName'', [[https://twitter.com/dorrismccomics/status/969312194059014146 "Artist"]] |
8 | |
9 | ->My name is Ted. I'm a successful artist with thousands of fans but I made like 12k last year and I live like a 17th-century ship stowaway. I honestly have no idea how I don't have scurvy right now. ...I've had books out from major publishers, had a comedy special on Creator/{{CTV}}, won awards... I go back home and people stare at me and talk about how famous I am, but the arts economy being what it is, I literally am poor! I am a poor person. There are definitely some kind of handouts I could be collecting right now if I was actually responsible. |
10 | -->-- '''Ted L''', ''WebAnimation/PeopleWatching'', [[https://youtu.be/UIR9Z_JdVhs?list=PL2KyNCQWth5uajER5uJXFaOLMW_rNUHoW Episode 7]] |
11 | |
12 | ->'''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] Bunny OC''': To support both my family and art career, I have reasonable prices for quality fanart!\ |
13 | '''Website/DeviantArt Watchers''': Why should we pay for fanart?\ |
14 | '''Sonic Bunny OC''': I'm gonna die on the streets. Aren't I god?\ |
15 | '''[=DeviantArt=] Watchers''': Did I say something? |
16 | -->-- [[https://www.deviantart.com/ectectgrl/art/How-I-feel-when-I-open-commissions-829565463 "How I feel when I open commissions"]] |
17 | |
18 | ->''"Did my poverty help my creativity? Uh, no."'' |
19 | -->-- '''Creator/OrsonWelles''' |
20 | |
21 | ->'''Old Man:''' So! Clarence Diggs! I thought it was you! Never learned your scales or modes, did you young man? Just screwed around in class, as I recall! Now look at you, you tone-deaf little weasel! Ha ha ha ha ha! What's that chord you're butchering?\ |
22 | '''Homeless guitarist:''' Oh my God! It's Mr. Blanchard, my old music teacher! |
23 | -->--''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' |
24 | |
25 | ->''"Sorry about the crowbar, kid. You'd be surprised how many people want to steal scrap. But, man, once I make it into art, I can't give it away. I mean, what am I? A junkman who makes art or an artist who sells junk? You tell me."'' |
26 | -->--'''Dean [=McCoppin=]''', ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' |
27 | |
28 | ->''"When she plays the toy piano\ |
29 | With her arabesques and trills\ |
30 | She's a wonder, we all love her\ |
31 | But it doesn't pay the bills"'' |
32 | -->--'''Music/TheMagneticFields''', "When She Plays the Toy Piano" |
33 | |
34 | ->''"I went to art college, I tried to make it as a graphic artist, a comic book artist, and you know what I got for my efforts? A visible ribcage."'' |
35 | -->--'''Stuart''', ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' |
36 | |
37 | ->'''Speed Dater:''' I am...a poet. |
38 | ->'''Retsuko:''' That's code for poor! |
39 | -->--''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'' |
40 | |
41 | ->'''Squidward:''' Don't you get it?! ''I'm a LOSER!'' I've lost my job, my home... ''everything!!'' |
42 | ->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' ''(gasp)'' Even your paintings? |
43 | ->'''Squidward:''' Nobody would take them, so I had to ''eat'' them! |
44 | -->--''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Can You Spare a Dime?" |
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