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Originally Posted by Doll-Elf
It's not failure. Most artists don't try to sell you their work before it's even made. They sell you a finished copy.
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Dull, you don't know the first thing about how large works get made:
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Michelangelo, who was not primarily a painter but a sculptor, was reluctant to take on the work. .... The pope was adamant, leaving Michelangelo no choice but to accept.[9] The contract was signed on 10 May 1508.[5] The scheme proposed by the pope was for twelve large figures of the Apostles to occupy the pendentives.[10][11] However, Michelangelo negotiated for a grander, much more complex scheme and was finally permitted, in his own words, "to do as I liked".
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I assure you, not even the Pope could have an artist work for 4 years with no payment until the work was finished! Steven Spielberg wouldn't even do Tiny Tunes (A pet project) without first finding a way to make it pay. If artists had to work as you suggest, there wouldn't be much work beyond the kind of things I do.