You're afraid because you're thinking about the end, not about what you're doing.

It is in the contrast of light and dark that design happens.

I don't look where I'm going, I look where I've been.

The first thing you see is the last thing you do.

I switched to painting with my left hand to be in better company.

It's not what you paint. It's how you paint it. You don't have to paint elaborate things. Paint simple things as beautifully as you can.

A painting is a collection of a series of corrections.