Based upon advice from a huge roster of artists, dealers and curators; and encompassing every stage of an artist's life--from early works, to debut shows and mid and late-career--this book answers all the key questions that every artist has at some point asked themselves. Do you need a studio or a dealer, and how do you find one? Are artists too competitive? How do they come up with ideas, and what is the point of the private view? Does financial success--or the lack of it--change an artist?