Commercialism Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”