Line #7 Quotes/StarvingArtist


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)''
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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"]]
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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]]
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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"]]
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18	->''"Did my poverty help my creativity? Uh, no."''
19	-->-- '''Creator/OrsonWelles'''
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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''
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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''
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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"
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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''
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37	->'''Speed Dater:''' I am...a poet.
38	->'''Retsuko:''' That's code for poor!
39	-->--''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}''
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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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