Notes Towards A Career In Art

Be unusual.
Sneer at stuff.
Sleep around.
Pour scorn.
Believe in yourself.
Become conversant with theory.
Join in.
Keep abreast of fashion.
Be slim.
Appear knowledge-able.
Fear proles.
Swallow your pride.
Be minimal.
Do the unexpected.
Never deviate.
Be outrageous but never impolite.
Be middle class.
Appear out of nowhere.
Take drugs.
Reveal yourself.
Be cool.
Use people.
Never underestimate the opposition.
Go wild.
Have sex.
Have children.
Choose your friends carefully.
Take notes.
Be enigmatic.
Write reviews.
Talk the talk.
Walk the walk.
Never say die.
Fuck your friends over.
Get a dog,
Choose alienation.
Avoid fuck-ups.
Be rude.
Cross over.
Plagiarise.
Really try.
Suffer.
Be boring.
Look to the past.
Ignore your conscience.
Cultivate your psychoses.
Ignore personal hygiene.
Do the do.
Have a problem.
Appear classless.
Make the lister.
Find your niche.
Browbeat the weak.
Watch your back.
Get religion.
Dabble in he occult.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Eat your greens.
Be aristotic.
Be autocratic.
Dress for success.
Become androgynous.
Hunt in pairs.
Lose weight.
Gain weight.
Be working class.
Form a band.
Appear on television.
Be cruel to be kind.
Never take no for an answer.
Never smile.
Smell nice.
Be on the square.
Delude yourself.
Be pushy.
Never work.
Have a trust fund.
Let it all hang out.
Burn out.
Hang on in there.
Bullshit.