Technology Is Your Colleague in the Studio with Iris Scott

“It’s really key to launch your career by bringing your cost of living down so that you can afford to live off your art that’s priced very low. Because the key is pricing your work low. It’s not trying to price it high and convincing the market that they should buy it because art collectors are very savvy.”

“It’s so important to make something that’s better than everything else at that price point. And if that means making your art a hundred dollars, do it and then watch the prices grow.”

“Art schools don’t teach anything about money because they think it’s a bad word, but if you can’t sell your work, you probably won’t get to do it. You’ll have to get a job job.”

“The JPEG might be dead. Now, unfortunately, it’s going to be video.”

“Of the originals I’ve sold over the last 15 years—and I’m talking about almost a thousand originals—90+ percent were seeded on Facebook or Instagram.”

“Technology is a tool and everybody has access to these tools, so play with them and see if you like it.”