WHATS SO ROMANTIC ABOUT BEING A STARVING ARTIST?
NOTHING. Somewhere along the line, someone romanticized the concept of suffering for one’s art. Jackie Goldstein, Co-President and Creative Director of Galileo, a company specializing in multimedia and Internet solutions for advertising, marketing and sales, advises people to get that thought out of their heads immediately. The design veteran says, “I know an illustrator who happens to be incredibly talented. But for some reason, he had it in his head that he’d be a starving artist. Sure enough, he became that. If you think it, you will make it happen.” She’s happy to add he’s no longer starving since they’ve helped him create a more competitive pricing structure. “Galileo,” Goldstein says matter of factly, “is not a not-for-profit company. I’ve been in this business for twenty years. I’m not ashamed to say I make money.
