Cut The Rope Quotes

“So what does story telling give a piece? Ultimately this is their brand.  This is their story which makes them different from the next person who is selling a similar product. By telling the story of your piece you are giving it a unique selling point.  No other piece will have the same story. This is your way, your perspective of your art.  No-one else has this.”
― Julie Merrett, Cut The Rope: How To Sell Your Art Not Your Soul

“Standing up and saying buy my work, just how hard is that?  Seriously it can be the hardest thing to do even though we know we need to do it.  We can experience someone saying no to us as a rejection of who we are.”
― Julie Merrett, Cut The Rope: How To Sell Your Art Not Your Soul

“Flora Bowley spoke about the need to be careful with the time and energy we give to others.  She spoke about looking after relationships as being like taking care of a garden.  Relationships have to be watered and nurtured, but also there needs to be pruning.  There will be people in our lives who we are better without.  It is important to spend time with people who inspire rather than drain.”
― Julie Merrett, Cut The Rope: How To Sell Your Art Not Your Soul

“Relationships are a big part of being an entrepreneur or a creative business owner. Essentially you are creating a customer service job where you need to show up and be passionate about you do.”
― Julie Merrett, Cut The Rope: How To Sell Your Art Not Your Soul

“It also allows you to be the quirky you that can’t be seen within the business world. You are allowed to take your mask off so that you can be free to be yourself.”
― Julie Merrett, Cut The Rope: How To Sell Your Art Not Your Soul

“Let me say this as strongly as I can.  Selling your art work or creations is not the easy way out or a way to avoid work.”
― Julie Merrett, Cut The Rope: How To Sell Your Art Not Your Soul

“Their challenge is to find out how to use that to make a business.  How to make money from the things they love and are passionate about.  Often these creatives are driven and will naturally work long hours on the things that they love.  There is often a gentleness about them which means it is hard when people say no to their work.  When people reject the work it is as if they are personally being rejected.  Marketing their work seems to be something of a challenge.”
― Julie Merrett, Cut The Rope: How To Sell Your Art Not Your Soul

“What selling your work does is add different responsibilities, different ways of communicating with people and an additional layer of work.  These new skills may send you down different avenues you had never considered before you learnt them.  They will give you an opportunity to be creative in ways you never expected.  But heads up, it will be different from if you are creating for yourself.”
― Julie Merrett, Cut The Rope: How To Sell Your Art Not Your Soul