By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
I can, therefore I am.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
There have been many different artists that have been inspirational. I suppose the question is directed to what was the reason why I went into fantasy illustration.