Jason Levin explores two Andy Warhol quotes: "Good business is the best art" and "Dress poor, think rich." He argues that negotiating deals and brand design are creative acts, not sellouts, and shares how he lives in a multi-million-dollar rental house while wearing sweatpants.
Good business is the best art. That's a quote from Andy Warhol. He is one of the greatest artists of all time. He died with a net worth of over $500 million. You can be a good artist and also make money. A lot of young artists, and even me when I was younger, I went through my hippie phase. I thought that if you made money as an artist, you were a sellout. But isn't the goal of every musician to sell out a stadium? Business is art in itself. Negotiating a deal is like writing a screenplay. Writing like a good advertisement, that is like writing poetry, right? And brand design, obviously, is like painting on the internet. Right? Like, business is art. You just have to see it that way. Another good Warhol quote: dress poor, think rich. I am sitting here in my sweatpants in a multi-million dollar house that I rented out for the weekend to reflect. Who cares what I'm wearing, man? Who cares? Dress poor, think rich.
