Also, even while I admit that there is nothing objectionable in an artist taking an interest in the profitability of their work (once that work is done), I wouldn’t say that I think much good can come from doing so, at least where their art is concerned. The only good scenario I can imagine, involving an artist making large sums of money (which isn’t to say a modest profit), is if the artist is destitute to begin with, or is poor, and has been struggling to make ends meet, or is not even poor but has been ostracized and made to suffer in some other way, subjected to oppression, say, because of some aspect of their identity, so that a monetary award could not only provide them and their loved ones with the things they need to survive, but also might give them a boost in morale, and perhaps even an amount of happiness and peace that strengthens their resolve and their ambition, so that they continue to work.