starving artist
Broke but creative
A starving artist is someone who pursues creative work despite financial hardship, sacrificing material comfort for artistic integrity.
The phrase captures the romantic notion that true artists suffer for their craft, living in garrets and skipping meals rather than compromising their vision for commercial success: He lived the starving artist life in Brooklyn for years before anyone bought his paintings.
- garretSmall rooftop living space
- cold water flatApartment with only unheated tap
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
- creativeProducing original ideas
- tortured soulOne in profound anguish
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Compromiser of integrity
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