What makes a successful artist?

How do artists manage their career development? Well, Fiona Millar, a Ph.D. candidate from Stirling University is writing her thesis on it.

And she has interviewed 36.
Well, she came to see me this afternoon and I must say I felt a bit of a fraud since there has been no planned career development. Stuff kind of happened and I went with the flow.

But it got me thinking. How do artists survive? The short answer is: with great difficulty.

So much success depends on networking…(.oh no not that again!)