The secret to doing anything is believing you can do it.
If I paint something, I don't want to have to explain what it is.
You can do anything your heart can imagine.
I don't know if anything in nature ever grows exactly the same, but they are always exactly as the way it should be, perfectly itself.
I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the 'Mona Lisa' with a two-inch brush.
Put light against light - you have nothing. Put dark against dark - you have nothing. It's the contrast of light and dark that each give the other one meaning.