Success and satisfaction comes from the work itself.

You can look to the Art Market to validate your success, but often the market likes what is terrible and hates what is good?

Do not compare yourself to others, that is a sad road to follow because you will never see that you are ever good enough.

Success is having a professional approach to your Art Business, professional habits.

You turn up every day at the same time and work.

You stay on the job and finish the work, excuses makes for time wasting.

Be courageous with your Art practice, always be pushing the limits and if that frightens you a little, it is most probably the right thing to do.

Take the highs with the lows, it's not personal, it is just the Art life.

Do not take things too personally, the overly sensitive Artist is a recipe for disaster.

Be patient and have a long view, work like there is no tomorrow and plan for your retirement.

Eventually you must get to the place where you are the best judge of your own work, you created it, so you have own it.

Self validation is the quality of the confident professional Artist.

Success is when you no longer need to be told it is good work.