Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Never complain and never explain.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Know or listen to those who know.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Wherever you are - be all there.
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.