The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
After a storm comes a calm.
Know or listen to those who know.
You never know what motivates you.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
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.