26 The Art and the Artist
There are two approaches, maybe three, to any art: you can make it a real business first of all, in which case “Art” could, probably would, be killed; or you can live for your art, and maybe grow lean in the living, or try to combine the two approaches. In trying to achieve the latter, I have learned that you can’t make a lot of money, get rich, out of your own hide, no less than the corner grocer.
—Edward Weston, in a letter to his son, Cole
There are those who refer to themselves as artists by virtue of being skilled at producing artistic creations. There are also those who refer to themselves as artists by their conviction, beyond just producing art, to live as artists. To the former, the highest purpose of ...
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