1. If
you could give only one advice to someone who wants to launch an artistic
career, which one would it be? A sort of “cast in stone” mantra that could be
repeated over and over.
It's difficult to write it as a mantra. But artists
need to learn about healthy compromise. That doesn't mean you should get taken
advantage of, or never do the things you love, but unless you're already
independently wealthy, you need to trade something of value to others in order
to survive. It's how human society generally functions. If you don't bother to
create something that other people want, you'll have a difficult life. I see
artists of all ages who refuse to learn that simple lesson.