Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Who seeks shall find.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Well done is better than well said.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Never complain and never explain.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
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.