There are many kinds of success. Most involve other people. Here is my list not in any particular order.
- Public, the mass public
- Among ones peers
- Critical
- D'estime not quite the same as critical because this one implies that only critics like it.
- Personal
- Artistic
- Financial
- Log rolling, the quid pro quo, agreement
- Artist of the moment
- Buzz (the art seems less important than the artist).
- Manufactured, that is paid for
- Private, that is a success within a closed community
- Sympathetic - for example David Healthgot's sold out concerts
- Political, the ability to attact powerful friends
- Political subject (editorial)- the subject is more important than the art or the artist
- Institutional, gatekeepers, grants etc. the ability to get to the means of production.
- Snobbery (Well, they like it!)
- Scandal
Of course these types can exist in any combination with different percentages of each included. Still the only success that interests me is artistic.
