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No, actually you never do, if you choose not to.
Over time the level of amateur artists with day jobs continues to rise and surpasses the professionals of days gone by.
In art, in literature, and in sports.
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So wait a second, do you pay much if anything to watch amateur sports? Do you get treated by amateur doctors? Do you take legal advice on important affairs from amateur lawyers? Because you're a fool if you do.
I'm afraid art is like everything else, mate. It requires dedication and constant effort to create good art and an insane amount of dedication to create great art. Just read your
MALCOLM GLADWELL
Any true artist is going to want to dedicate himself to his art full time. He can't do that unless he can make a living at it. If Steven King couldn't have made a living writing books, with a wife and child to support , he'd had gone into the laundromat management business (or something else) and that would most likely have been that.