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 "I feel we, as artists, are missing opportunities that are right under our nose for marketing and selling our work. " (Karen Weihs)

 "Blessed are those to whom a sense of joy comes naturally." (Robert Genn)

 "It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way." (Bronnie Ware)

 "Contemporary paintings are notorious for sporting a wide variety of special effects, especially when the imagery is abstract." (Nancy Reyner)

 "Often, what they are hungry for, it turns out, is encouragement to find their own story, and follow their own path." (Luann Udell)

 "Below, we've listed nine more resources available for artists and writers faced with financial emergencies that threaten their careers. " (John Gawarecki-Maxwell)

 "And essentially, I am only looking for information on gesture, form, and light / shadow patterns." (Terry Miura)

 "Art fairs, craft shows, indoors, outdoors, juried, non-juried - there is a large variety of events taking place all year long in which to sell your art or craft work." (ABI)

 "Let's hope this discovery is a lesson to everyone that paintings should never be altered to suit the decor. " (Sharon Butler)

 "Anyone who relishes art should love the extraordinary diversity and psychic magic of our art galleries." (Jerry Saltz)

 "Art can add context, question norms, retell stories and speak out against political injustice - but change the world?" (Michelle Vaughan)

 "Copyright owners HATE it when you take on their advertising for them: that would be proof of market confusion." (Cat Weaver)

 "I realize that as a professional artist I probably have the best job in the world, but even artists can suffer from being over-serious." (Laura den Hertog)

 "Called a virtual pinboard by its creators, it can be likened to an online scrapbook on steroids." (Stacey Cornelius)

 "Chatting something up on Facebook is fantastic, but it can't be your only promotion avenue." (Alyson Stanfield)

 "Media outlets are hungry for stories, and artists make for good stories." (Carolyn Edlund)

 "Knowing the risks, should the Mona Lisa's smile be saved?" (Bob Duggan)

 "It also doesn't take a degree to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and start over." (Carolyn Henderson)

 "When I received an invite to Pinterest last week, I was a bit reluctant about joining." (Lori McNee)

 "It's refreshing to see that alternatives to the traditional system are becoming more and more viable." (An Xiao )

 "To be an artist in the current economic slump is not unlike a swan, gliding across the water. Its movements appear to be graceful and elegant yet beneath the water, out of sight, its feet are paddling like crazy." (Donna Dodson)

 "The craft of your career comes in picking the right hills. Hills just challenging enough that you can barely make it over. A series of hills becomes a mountain, and a series of mountains is a career." (Seth Godin)

 "In this age of being digitally over-connected, sometimes something tangible sent via snail mail will really impress." (Keith Bond)

 "The bottom line is, if you're trying to make a living at this, you want to get paid a reasonable rate for your work - and to make sure it gets out the door at whatever price." (Michael Chesley Johnson)

 "Traditional job seekers can't wait around for "Mr. Job" to knock on the door, people who want to do satisfying work - and call their own shots - need to be proactive as well." (Valerie Young)

 "Whether anyone can be a painter is up for debate, and not always a useful one. Being a curator or gallerist, on the other hand, definitely requires adult skills" (Reid Singer)

 "Even a century since his birth, American "splatter artist" Jackson Pollock still provokes heated debate about the very definition of art." (NPR Staff)