Too many creative careers have been destroyed because money was chased, not opportunity.
Creativity has to be nurtured, cared for, invested in. Money just wants to exploit your career, without any concern for its longevity or future.
Of course, money is important and oils a lot of wheels. It pays the mortgage and it can buy freedom.
But it’s important to remember that if money has a voice, it doesn’t have a soul. It’s a tool not a philosophy.
If you plan to pursue a creative career (or I would argue any career), make money your sole objective at your own peril. More than likely, you’ll end up with either a very short career or a very unsatisfactory one.
The best way to get rich – if that’s what you want – is to invent something the world wants, admires, or talks about, something that will capture our imagination and make us feel better, emotionally or physically.
Creating something you love and that you would buy is the best way forward. Try to create with only money on your mind and you’ll end up with a second-rate idea – and poor.