ART INSIGHTS Creating Wealth as a Successful Artist - John Dahlsen

The manager of the plant was highlyskeptical, however he went ahead andreplaced all of these components and themeter, and as soon as this was done theplant started to run to its full capacity.After a week or so the specialist sent in abill for $20,000. The manager was shockedand said to himself, “He was only here forone hour and he’s charging us $20,000?”He wrote back to the specialist asking foran itemized receipt. A few days later theitemized receipt was returned with theitems listed:Placed “x” on meter = $1.00Knowing where to place the “x” = $19,999This story is a metaphor to describe theimportance of understanding the valueof your work. I encourage artists not toundervalue themselves, not to be crammeddown by an unscrupulous merchant orcollector who wants to get the best deal andwho banks on the artist’s lack of self worth.It is important to reasonably consider the58