I don't think artists should be sponsored. You should not rely on grants. You either make a success of your art or you don’t. I worked as an artist f… - Peter Blake

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I don't think artists should be sponsored. You should not rely on grants. You either make a success of your art or you don’t. I worked as an artist for a number of years without making much money – I have never had any financial backing in that way. Things are now very good for me but for a lot of the time things were not.