Suddenly, I saw it in a new way, as a picture that offered me a new view, free of all the conventional criteria I had always associated with art. It had no style, no composition, no judgment. — Gerhard Richter

Creative people tend to resist business. Business is a harness to artistry’s open sky. This is too bad. A lot of art gets missed not getting marketed.

The work of marketing is not really so different.

Writers write for their readers. Painters and directors create for their fans. They naturally aim at partners. Their skills are for eager prospects.

The creative person’s vital-value question is: Have I been true? Is she moved? The…