All The Fingerprint Paintings Are

You Know, The Way Art History Is Taught, Often There's Nothing That Tells You Why The Painting Is Great. The Description Of A Lousy Painting And The Description Of A Great Painting Will Very Much Sound The Same.

I Can't Always Reach The Image In My Mind... Almost Never, In Fact... So That The Abstract Image I Create Is Not Quite There, But It Gets To The Point Where I Can Leave It.

It Always Amazes Me That Just When I Think There's Nothing Left To Do In Photography And That All Permutations And Possibilities Have Been Exhausted, Someone Comes Along And Puts The Medium To New Use, And Makes It His Or Her Own, Yanks It Out Of This Kind Of Amateur Status, And Makes It As Profound And As Moving And As Formally Interesting As Any Other Medium.

Never Let Anyone Define What You Are Capable Of By Using Parameters That Don't Apply To You. Inspiration Is For Amateurs, The Rest Of Us Just Show Up And Get To Work. Every Great Idea I've Ever Had Grew Out Of Work Itself. Sign Onto A Process And See Where It Takes You. You Don't Have To Invent The Wheel Everyday. Today You Will Do What You Did Yesterday, Tomorrow You Will Do What You Did Today. Eventually, You Will Get Somewhere.

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."