It doesn't upset artists to find out that artists used lenses or mirrors or other aids, but it certainly does upset the art historians.

It doesn't upset artists to find out that artists used lenses or mirrors or other aids, but it certainly does upset the art historians.

Inspiration is for amateurs - the rest of us just show up and get to work. And the belief that things will grow out of the activity itself and that you will - through work - bump into other possibilities and kick open other doors that you would never have dreamt of if you were just sitting around looking for a great "art idea."

If the bottom dropped out of the market and the artist was not going to sell anything, he or she will keep working, and the dealer will keep trying to find some way to convince somebody to buy this stuff.

Every idea occurs while you are working. If you are sitting around waiting for inspiration, you could sit there forever.

I've always thought that problem-solving is highly overrated and that problem creation is far more interesting.

The first thing I do is take Polaroids of the sitter - 10 or 12 color Polaroids and eight or 10 black-and whites.