How do artists make a living? An ongoing, almost impossible quest — ideas.ted.com

Only ten percent of art school graduates make a living from their artwork. Why should this be such a pipe dream? I’ve had only two career goals in my life. The first was to go to Mars. I made it all the way to graduate school before realizing that I really preferred Earth, and also, that I loved writing…

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