No pain, no gain

I think a lot of art is brought out of pain.

Felix Gonzales torres' work comes to be more touching when I heard that he dead from Aids, after his girlfriend dead of Aids. His work of candies with the weight of his girlfriend is touching, because I can feel how much he loved her and miss her and still want to feel her.

Tracey Emin's work is mostly about sexuality, and a lot of times when she works, it seems like she look back to the past when she was raped on her age of 12.

Architecture Luis Khan had 2 wives and 2 home at the same time. He also had pain, cuz he loved both?!

Louise Bourgeois's father was having relationship with the maid, while her wife knew that but stayed silent.

I wanna be a good artist, but I don't wanna live a miserable life.

Of course, these days, there are successful artists.
Mathew Barney is born in a rich family, and still in great fame and wealth.
Damien Hirst is successful in his plans and works.

But I do think that in some point these artists have all pain in common, "walking alone".
As a Grade A artist, with whom would they consult their ideas or work? Critiques are harsh, but they should not get affected too much by them.