Many people can reach for and achieve excellence. To do this consistently is what separates masters and geniuses from everyone else.

Obsessive devotion to creating can spark that which is called 'genius.' Smarter or more gifted? The 'madness' is the insatiable drive to discover, achieve and create. Monomania can develop into 'genius,' as the individual delves deeper into the process leaving normal parameters behind.

I work without commercial considerations.

Coping with rejection is an important skill to learn and understand when navigating the Art World. Rejection and disinterest is the rule, not the exception.

I'm more convinced each day of the complete unreality of the material world and the supreme vitality of the invisible world of spirit.

Artists make art... everyone else talks about it.

Many people can reach for and achieve excellence. To do this consistently is what separates masters and geniuses from everyone else.