starving artist: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- A person who pursues a creative artistic career while experiencing financial hardship or limited income.
Examples
BetaDespite his talent, Alex lived as a starving artist, struggling to pay rent while pursuing his paintings.
Despite his talent, Alex lived as a person pursuing art while experiencing financial hardship.
Many starving artists find it hard to balance creative passion with the need to make a living.
Many artists pursuing creative careers experience financial hardship and limited income.
She embraced the starving artist lifestyle, choosing artistic integrity over commercial success.
She embraced the lifestyle of an artist enduring financial difficulties for the sake of her art.
- A cultural stereotype or romanticized figure of an artist who endures poverty and personal sacrifice for the sake of artistic integrity or expression.
Examples
BetaThe novel portrayed the starving artist as a romantic figure, sacrificing everything for creativity.
The novel depicted the cultural stereotype of an artist enduring poverty for artistic expression.
In the movie, the starving artist struggled but remained true to his vision despite hardships.
In the movie, the artist endured poverty and personal sacrifice for the sake of art.
Many people admire the starving artist archetype, seeing it as a symbol of dedication and passion.
Many people admire the cultural stereotype of an artist who sacrifices for their art.
Examples:
- EN: You've decided to make a bold front of it... instead of sneaking out to meet your starving artist.ES: Veo que has decidido mostrarte... en lugar de escabullirte para ver a tu pobre artista.
- EN: I told you, I told you of that starving artist!ES: ¡Ya se lo he dicho, ya se lo he dicho a ese muerto de hambre!
- EN: Don't be afraid, don't be afraid of the starving artist... I'll soon be away.ES: No tema, no tema, que el muerto de hambre... se irá cuanto antes.
- EN: Now, I know what it feels like to be a starving artist.ES: Ahora sé cómo se siente ser un artista que pasa hambre.
- EN: Don't worry, I'm not a starving artist, I can afford to pay my way.ES: No se preocupe, no soy un artista hambriento, puedo permitirme pagar mi camino.
- EN: - Yes, he's a starving artist.ES: - Sí, es un artista hambriento.
- EN: Annika thought being a starving artist was cool. I knew it wasn't the life I wanted.ES: A Annika le gustaba ser una artista muerta de hambre.
- EN: My dad calls guys like your dad "a starving artist."ES: Mi papá dice que tu papá es "un artista muerto de hambre."
- EN: Yeah. A starving artist.ES: Sí, un artista hambriento.
- EN: Condiment conservation. lt's preparing for being a starving artist.ES: Preservación del condimento. La preparación del artista hambriento.
- EN: There's something of the starving artist in you, no? - No.ES: Eres uno de esos artistas muertos de hambre, ¿no?
- EN: And Kinski had been living nearby in an attic, without furniture, just bare beams, and he had covered everything knee-high with dead leaves, and posed as a starving artist and walked around stark-naked.ES: La llenaba de hojas hasta que le llegaban a la rodilla. Tenía el aspecto de un artista hambriento. Iba desnudo.
- EN: I am really getting sick of my whole starving artist routine.ES: Me estoy cansando de mi rutina de artista muerta de hambre.
- EN: Would you like to buy it? Are you a starving artist? If you were a starving artist, I'd buy it.ES: te Io compraría.ES: te Io compraría.
- EN: Annika thought being a starving artist was cool.ES: A Annika le gustaba ser una artista muerta de hambre.
- EN: You've decided to make a bold front of it... instead of sneaking out to meet your starving artist.ES: Veo que has decidido mostrarte... en lugar de escabullirte para ver a tu pobre artista.
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Source: Wiktionary