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Inspiration Is For Amateurs - The Rest Of Us Just Show Up And Get To Work. And The Belief That Things Will Grow Out Of The Activity Itself And That You Will - Through Work - Bump Into Other Possibilities And Kick Open Other Doors That You Would Never Have Dreamt Of If You Were Just Sitting Around Looking For A Great "art Idea."

I Only Have So Much Time And Energy And Money, And I'm Going To Put It Into My Work.

Part Of The Joy Of Looking At Art Is Getting In Sync In Some Ways With The Decision-making Process That The Artist Used And The Record That's Embedded In The Work.

In Life You Can Be Dealt A Winning Hand Of Cards And You Can Find A Way To Lose, And You Can Be Dealt A Losing Hand And Find A Way To Win. True In Art And True In Life: You Pretty Much Make Your Own Destiny. If You Are By Nature An Optimistic Person, Which I Am, That Puts You In A Better Position To Be Lucky In Life.

In The 7th Grade, I Made A 20-foot Long Mural Of The Lewis And Clark Trail While We Were Studying That In History Because I Knew I Wasn't Going To Be Able To Spit Back The Names And The Dates And All That Stuff On A Test.