The Reason I Don't Like Realist, Photorealist,

After A Few Days In Hospital, I Was Thinking, Oh, Gee - I Raised In A Church, Protestant Upbringing Which I'd Rejected As An Adult - I'm Lying In Bed Thinking, Hmmm, Maybe I Ought To Pray. They Always Say There Are No Atheists In A Foxhole... And I Thought, Here I Am In A Pretty Good-sized Foxhole... And I Thought Naahhh. I Wouldn't Respect Any God Who Would Listen To Me After I'd Rejected Him So Vociferously.

Inspiration Is For Amateurs. The Rest Of Us Just Show Up And Get To Work. If You Wait Around For The Clouds To Part And A Bolt Of Lightning To Strike You In The Brain, You Are Not Going To Make An Awful Lot Of Work. All The Best Ideas Come Out Of The Process; They Come Out Of The Work Itself.

Sometimes I Really Want To Paint Somebody And I Don't Get A Photograph That I Want To Work From.

Never Let Anyone Define What You Are Capable Of By Using Parameters That Don't Apply To You. Inspiration Is For Amateurs, The Rest Of Us Just Show Up And Get To Work. Every Great Idea I've Ever Had Grew Out Of Work Itself. Sign Onto A Process And See Where It Takes You. You Don't Have To Invent The Wheel Everyday. Today You Will Do What You Did Yesterday, Tomorrow You Will Do What You Did Today. Eventually, You Will Get Somewhere.

Ive Said Its A Little Bit Like A Magician Performing For A Convention Of Magicians... All The Magicians In The Audience Watching This Illusion-do They See The Illusion, Or Do They See The Device That Made The Illusion? Probably They See A Little Of Both.