I remember watching an awful YouTube video that claimed that most artists fail at making art because they never achieve fame or make enough money to make a living out of it and that there’s a hierarchy of artists based on fame and wealth. I think the video is nonsense.
To me an artist is successful if the person making the art is happy with what they’re making and that’s it. If my art moves even just one person and I’m happy with what I made that is still a victory. I don’t need to make Stephen King levels of money to be happy with what I’m making.