Debbie Harry Quotes

To be an artist you have to be as much a businessman to succeed, you have to spend an equal amount of time doing business as you spend doing your craft.

Artists shouldn't deal with business stuff; that's not what we're trained in, and most of us aren't good at it.

What I'd tell any kid in high school is, 'Take business classes.' I don't care what else you're gonna do; if you're gonna do art or anything, take business classes. You can say, 'Well, I don't want to get commercial,' but if you do anything to make any money, you're doing something commercial.

In order to create art today, you have to compromise your art somewhat and be a businessman.

I think I'm most proud of the fact that I have figured out how to exist as both a creative person and artist, and a businesswoman and manager. Because those two things do not go together.

I want to give other creatives the opportunity to find the entrepreneur inside themselves and teach them how to build their own platform.

Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.

On the whole, and this comment can get me in a lot of trouble, I find that retailers in the comic book business are not business people. They're fans who've gotten themselves shops.

If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.

Many artists stick to making and hire a manager to focus on their business. Artists that build websites and mobile apps can do that, too.

Most people who get into the business are social animals by nature, but do they have the financial abilities to manage a business? A great bar owner has both.

If I sound like a technology geek, that's probably because I am. But I also love running good businesses.

In Joe Yorio you find a guy who's smarter at business than I am. I'm an entrepreneur and idea guy; he's a professional businessman.

You might not be the greatest rapper or singer, but the businessman always outlasts the talent.

I'm not a good business person when it comes to my writing.

To be quite blunt, I make pictures for money, to pay the rent.There are some great artists in the business. I am not one of them.

I've always thought of myself as a businesswoman. I have the creative side, but I also have this business sense.

You might indeed be able to provide this money that people need to start a business, but can they run a business? This new consolidated agency [National Empowerment Fund] focuses on that matter of preparing people so that they can run business successfully.

I didn't know how to run a business. I was a terrible gallerist, the worst in history, possibly.

I admired anybody who could make a buck with his drawing.

I don't have any talent as an artist but I do have an awareness for business and what you need to bring to that world. It helps to know what you're good at.

All artists are entrepreneurs. All entrepreneurs are artists.

but I have no mind for business and considered staying awake to be enough of an accomplishment.

What I learned about America is that anything is possible, but sometimes people get into businesses they shouldn't be in. They go in without capital or know how, but their mothers had told them that they could cook, and they're good with people.