Most Artists Have Experienced The Creative Block.

I Strongly Suggest That We Play Down Basics Like Who Influenced Whom, And Instead Study The Way The Influence Is Transformed, In Other Words: How The Artist Made It His Own.

That Is Why The Analogy Of Stealing Does Not Work. With A Thief, We Want To Know How Much Money He Or She Stole, And From Whom? With The Artist It Is Not How Much He Or She Took From Whom, But What The Artist Did With It.

Most People Think An Artist Tries To Be Original, But Originality Is The Last Thing That Develops In The Artist.

I Still Do Not Know Where The Notes Will Come From When I Accept A Commission For A New Work.

Most Artists Have Experienced The Creative Block. We Get Stuck In Our Work. We Beat Our Head Against The Wall: Nothing. Sometimes, It Is Because We Are Trying Something At The Wrong Time.