Tony Millionaire on living in rome:
When I lived in Rome in 1983 I had no money and couldn’t think of a way to earn money. So I drew a scene at the Roman Forum of the ruins. I had a hundred prints of the drawing made with an off-set printing house, then waited by a road on a folding chair till tourists would walk by. I would add some extra rocks or blades of grass, cracks in the road, when Americans came by (big spenders) I would ask if they knew the time. Then I’d show the drawing and ask if they wanted to buy it for ten bucks. That was cheap, so I got a lot of buyers. After one would buy a drawing I’d have to wait until they got in a cab or walked away.
Hustlin’.
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