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What does it mean?
Selling out only matters when there are buyers to pay for it.
In plain terms
You are not seen as selling out if no one buys your work.
What can you take from it?
Integrity is often defined by market demand.

Where it applies

  • career reflection
  • artistic struggle
  • business ethics

Putting it to work

  • career advice
  • artist management
  • business ethics

Questions to consider

  • Does success corrupt integrity?
  • How do you define selling out?

Another view

It implies moral value depends solely on commercial success.

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