Commercialism Quotes

“A lot of pop music is about stealing pocket money from children.”

“I'm a commercial writer, not a literary one. I'm not trying to change the world, I'm trying to entertain it.”

“The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort... the day when he lets himself be concerned by the profit... on this day he will have sold his soul.”

“The heritage industry is not concerned with the transmission of values, only with their marketability.”

“There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who don't.”

“I don't want to be a brand. I'm not a brand.”

“I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a serious message, I would probably be a painter or a sculptor.”

“The richer the society, the more human spirituality is turned into a commercial good.”

“Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.”

“I recorded what I thought the public would buy.”

“The term 'emo' has been so co-opted and commercialized that it's lost all of its original meaning.”

“I feel that in the past, we have been running a cultural bake sale, where we sell off the jewels of our culture to the highest bidder.”

“The line between fine art and commercial art is a line I like to dance on.”

“I am not a box-office conductor. I am a musician.”