October 24

We have to free ourselves from determining our value and the value of our work by that work’s market value. The idea that money validates credibility is very hard to shake. If money determines real art, then Gauguin was a charlatan. We must learn that as artists our credibility lies with us, with God, and with our work. In other words, if you have a poem to write, you need to write that poem—whether it will sell or not.