Andy Warhol said, "To be successful as an artist, you have to have your work shown by a good gallery for the same reason, say, that Dior never sold his originals from a counter in Woolworth's." Success is networked, collaborative and functions as a reputational feedback loop
Success needs results. Performance needs an opportunity. Often, we see that ordinary talent may go a long way whilst a top talent may fall by the wayside or never get on the road to success. Why does that happen?